I blew out my tire, but I made it as dramatic as possible. I had just picked up an ice cream cake for the girlfriend’s birthday when I heard the rumbles. It was a race against time! There was an ice cream bear in a box on my passenger seat gasping for cold and I needed to hurry. Thankfully the donut was quickly secured and the bear survived to see his ice cream legs eaten off an hour later.
As handsome as that donut is, I need to patch up a tire that has a nail sticking out of it. (PS Why am I getting crazy parking tickets for forgetting to move my car on street cleaning day when therebenailseverywhere?)
I asked Twitter: Where can I get a tire patched in West LA/Santa Monica?
saragracer@LAsnark I like discount tires (i think?)on Pico – 5 or 10 blocks east of the Daily Pint (walk over and have one while you wait?)
petersanchez@LAsnark Americas Tire will patch it for free.. Just tip the dude $20
As you can clearly see from the tweets above, SaraGracer is a genius. Thanks to PeterSanchez as well, a little greasin’ of the palms can go a long way in this town.
