Missing Link

Almost two weeks ago, I got a call on my cell while at work. It was my parents property manager, calling to let me know the rear right tire on my car was flat. I had taken one of my parents vehicles because I had noticed it was low and needed air, and also knew that I didnt have time (or change, or cash) to put air in it. I figured she meant that it was low, as I already knew, so I thanked her for letting me know, and that I was already aware. She then said it was too low to drive on, and that i’d need to get air in it before I could go anywhere with it. That perplexed me a little bit, but figured she was just being overly cautious. Fast forward a few hours, when I got home from work. I immediately noticed that the tire was even lower than I remembered it being, looking very much like a flat. Strange, I thought.

I ordered a air pump online, as I found one for very cheap made by coleman. It had good reviews, too, and had everything I would need in a portable tire pump. It arrived, and this past weekend I had a chance to try it out. I was a little worried about the tire that was flat, and wondered if the pump would really be able to rectify that. The pump has a pressure gauge built into it, so you can continuously monitor the pressure while you’re filling up the tires. When I hooked it up to the flat, it predictibly registered 0 pressure. Within a few minutes (less than five), I had it registering the requisite 32 pounds of pressure called for by my car’s owners manual. I double checked the pressure on all of the rest of the tires too, just to make sure they were good, and topped them off where neccesary. I’ve been driving it since, and have had no cause for concern. The previously flat tire is holding it’s air well enough that I don’t feel concerned about it, at least until I have time to go in and get them checked out and rotated, which will probably be next weekend.

Now, though, I don’t have to go to a gas station to put air in my tires. Awesome.