I forgot to tell you guys that the new TripleTred tires drive really well in the rain. They have a better feel on the road and I’m really glad I sank the money into them. Yes, they do corner better and I feel like they improve my handling at higher speeds. They were worth the money.
Even better is that there was an offer for a $40 Visa card as a rebate on my purchase. (It’s a promotion that’s still going on. I saw a sign for it again today at the Goodyear store.) I came back from the holiday weekend and found that my Visa card was waiting for me! WOO HOO!
So the plan is to use it to buy a trickle charger for my motorcycle, which I ordered from a small repair shop that was highly recommended to me. (I hope he takes Visa. He actually might not. I didn’t even think of that. Who doesn’t in this day and age?)
I spent my extra day off going to banks in VA and MD, ordering the charger, getting a car wash, buying a new shredder, catching up on blogs, and cleaning my apartment. Wednesday was a good day.
The ding is that the shredder was a lot of money. But I think it’s worth it since I’ve broken two home office shredders already, and the tall industrial shredder at work doesn’t like me either because I dump fistfuls of paper into at a time. Who has an hour to wait for shredding? I am Fawn Hall on steroids. (Please God, I hope my readers remember who she is. I’m not *that* old.)
The other ding is that I used the local car wash place ($14) that’s ‘touchless’. Honestly, it’s not that much better than the car wash place ($8) at the gas station by my office. The wheels are a lot cleaner, but still dirty. They don’t do the greatest job, so I was still wiping them down with Armor All and hitting up the windows with Rain-X when I got home. There is getting a good value from an awesomely powerful new shredder, and then just wasting your money between two things that are roughly the same. Now I know. I won’t use the place near home. Always get a wash at lunchtime instead.
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ohhhh gosh, i want a car wash sooooo bad! i’ve been calling myself “Saving money” by not getting one, but my vanity is kicking in, and i really want one now for my poor dustball. it looks so forlorn. i’m surprised no kid has written “wash me” on the back window. sometimes that’s a ding worth taking…
Sistah Ant, get one! It will save your paint in the long run. If you read the CNN/Consumer Reports story about keeping your car for 200K+ miles, you’ll see that part of the trick is to keep the exterior in good condition. Spend the money for extra waxing if you know you are going to go a long time without a wash.
Say a person gets 6 regular washes a year at $8 ($48 total), but wants to save by cutting back to only 2 or 3 deluxe washes at $9-10 ($18-30). If so, they definitely should spend more for the extra wax on a deluxe wash to protect the finish longer.
One trick that really helps keep the shredders going is to dunk a piece of paper in vegetable or olive oil every few uses and run it through the shredder. Otherwise, especially if you’re overloading it, they’ll dry out and get jammed.
i am always on the quest for the cheapest car wash. one nearby drops prices after 7PM the night before alternate side parking. if i lived somewhere where my car got to sit in my driveway, i would wash it like every other other day.
Mapgirl, I remember Fawn. And, no, you are not that old.
I burned out a shredder years ago. That bad boy was smoking…literally.
Thanks for reminding me that I need to wash my ride. Since she’s officially mine, she needs to shine.
Hi Mapgirl,
So glad to hear that you liked the Triple Tread tires. Those are the best tires, and I will buy nothing but them in the future! I am amazed that they are so good in so many categories, but still have such a long tread life rating. Later.