My husband of seventeen years trusts me with a lot of things concerning our vehicles. He doesn’t flinch when I do all the negotiating during a new-car purchase, he gladly lets me take our vehicle in for servicing on ladies day, I can even be sent to the auto parts store to buy parts and return with the right item. But when it comes to tires, it always ends badly. BAD-LY!
You might be thinking “How hard can tires be?” and I have the same thought. But when my husband wants to bury his head in the sand over my tire purchases, maybe I shouldn’t be buying them anymore…
The first time I tried to buy new tires for our car he had a heart attack over the price I paid. He said I paid too much. Honestly, I may have, I’m not entirely sure. All I know is, tires have a size, the store showed me what size I needed, I signed a piece of paper, paid, and waited all afternoon for them. BUT, when I came home with them, he wished I could take them back!
The next time I tried to buy tires I went further and decided to buy new rims for them too. The guy at the store had a big book with pretty pictures, I picked out what I thought would look good, and he ordered them. A few days later I returned home with my new rims and tires — and my husband made me take them back. Actually, he took them back because I, apparently, cannot be trusted in a tire store.
During my final attempt (yes, he actually let me try it again), he spent days searching online for the perfect set of new tires. He wanted something durable, all terrain, and functional in any weather. He picked out a great tire with “aggressive-looking tire tread”, ordered them online, and all I had to do was show up to have them put on. Easy. No fail. How can I possibly mess this up?
When I arrived for our appointment they didn’t have the tires he ordered. Instead, they offered a “better tire” that cost more than the tires he ordered at the same price. I thought, “awesome! What a great deal! He’s going to be so happy to hear this!”
Nope.
When I returned home with our new (to us) car and new tires with lifetime warranty he wanted to cry.
I have since given up. Now when he mentions tires I walk away. I will not buy tires on my own and I’ve come to the conclusion that we wives should not buy tires. There’s no way we can win ladies. None at all.
