We were admiring the sailboats from the bridge the other day as we crossed the harbor when suddenly that pleasure was interrupted by one of the conveniences of todays world . The sudden musical sound of Boop di li Boop and then a large LOW TIRE PRESSURE warning taking control of any other meaningful use for a dash board .
Prior to the convenience of this warning apparatus I’d just have had to sense a low tire before pulling into any gas station in the nation and find a fully operational air pump free for the use of . In today’s world of convenience we pulled in to the nearest facility to find the usual non working version of a pay to use pump that happily consumes quarters before refusing to provide air, or refund the stolen quarters . This then forced a drive home to use a compressor that was purchased due to numerous similar experiences in the past.
Well even with the tires pumped to the point of bouncing down the road on four over inflated basketballs the dreaded LOW TIRE PRESSURE and Boop di Li Boop would just not go away.
“Might be the spare I grumbled to the wife.”
Spare tires on pick up trucks are now hung under the bed by a chain that can be cranked down conveniently negating any need to crawl underneath . This first requires unlocking the anti spare tire theft portal in order to insert the crank to lower the tire down to the drive . As an added convenience this lock uses the ignition key in order that you will always have it on hand.
Well the ignition key refused to turn the lock and the lock in turn refused to release the key regardless of an abundance of efforts and an over abundance of blue collar foul language . Conveniently by this time I had accumulated a large stash of pent up rage and anger and and used it to remove the anti theft portal viciously from the bumper with a large screw driver and bigger hammer .
The spare tire was indeed the culprit and the low pressure warning has gone away . How convenient was all of that …. ?
