With this post I make it public - I'm in the middle of an incredibly nasty divorce.
So while I was laying in the hospital not receiving visits from my charming soon to be ex-bride, who wouldn't even bring my kids by to visit, she was out having a good time in my Avalanche.
Well suddenly she wasn't driving anymore and she decided to bag up all my clothes, but them in the back, drive the Av into the parking lot of the hospital, come up and give me the keys. And oh, btw - it had a flat tire.
A flat tire?
A flat tire.
What did you do.
I had them come out and they changed it.
Them?
Ya you know the button thing.
Oh, where did you get the flat.
It was flat in the driveway - just found it that way.
Oooooooo...
So yesterday at 4:30 PM I finally got out of the hospital. Now having a Z-71 I didn't want to spend a lot of time on the 16" rim (ya I know the o.d. is close). So I figured "a flat" Les Schwab (regional tire chain) here I come.
They get the tire down - no rim damage. Good.
Find the leak...good.
Find, oh wait a minute. Wait a MINUTE.
The inside of the tire where the sidewall meets the belts was blistered and heat damaged. On the INSIDE of the tire. The outer edge of the tire was heat blistered. The tops of the RWL were rubbed off. Translation - the fire was run flat, fast and hard for a distance.
Now because I had 29.4K miles on my Avalanche going for a single tire was no longer possible. Worse I have to run with what it is in stock because my need is now, my visions of 285/70R17 tires this fall evaporated.
So I got some Les Schwab brand Wild Country STX (XST or SXT or what ever) with the raised white letters. Les Schwab gave me $25 credit per tire for the stock Good Years (X3) which made me feel good - must be babying my ride to have that much usable tread that they think they could get $40 to $50 each.
So in the end it was $700 minus a $75 credit to have a grand total of $625 to fix a "flat tire."
So now I've got curiousity. The tire damage on the flat does not support the it went flat overnight in the driveway and gee I don't know what happened story. Thank goodness for OnStar. Of course they can't tell me the circumstances but they can tell me the location of repair. Second Avenue downtown Seattle by Benoroyal [sic] hall. Bingo, we're lying about the location so what else are we lying about?
I made the mistake of calling her bluff failing to remember that I am not dealing with a human being. When confronted with the hard fact that OnStar had all the information of the where she then declared. OK, I did lie. I did it because, because, because, I don't trust you!
What?
What kind of logic is that?
You see in the end it's not the principal of the flat. It's not the principal of the $625. It's not the principal that with no wiggle room I couldn't get what I wanted. It's the following:
1) While laying in the hospital and not visiting and moving divorce plans forward she is running around in my Avalanche.
2) When something went wrong while using it, she didn't stand up and take responsibility. She tried to explain it away that I should be thankful the spare was put on. Yes, I'm thankful that you didn't decided to walk 15.4 miles home - duh, you had the spare but on so you could get home. She's caught like the teenager that took off with the family care while the folks were away on vacation. One difference, the average teenager would bow their frickin' head and fess up.
3) I know you might be thinking married, wha? My wife and I have always kept seperate accounts and our credit largely seperate. When I bought the Avalanche I did it with MY money, MY credit, and I paid for it out of MY discretionary funds - not out of our "shared" funds for running the house. So although yes, married, I've always viewed the Avalanche as "mine"
4) If she is going to lie over something as simple as a flat tire - than what else is she going to and has already lied about.
Oh I'll be glad when this stinking chapter of my life is over.
So while I was laying in the hospital not receiving visits from my charming soon to be ex-bride, who wouldn't even bring my kids by to visit, she was out having a good time in my Avalanche.
Well suddenly she wasn't driving anymore and she decided to bag up all my clothes, but them in the back, drive the Av into the parking lot of the hospital, come up and give me the keys. And oh, btw - it had a flat tire.
A flat tire?
A flat tire.
What did you do.
I had them come out and they changed it.
Them?
Ya you know the button thing.
Oh, where did you get the flat.
It was flat in the driveway - just found it that way.
Oooooooo...
So yesterday at 4:30 PM I finally got out of the hospital. Now having a Z-71 I didn't want to spend a lot of time on the 16" rim (ya I know the o.d. is close). So I figured "a flat" Les Schwab (regional tire chain) here I come.
They get the tire down - no rim damage. Good.
Find the leak...good.
Find, oh wait a minute. Wait a MINUTE.
The inside of the tire where the sidewall meets the belts was blistered and heat damaged. On the INSIDE of the tire. The outer edge of the tire was heat blistered. The tops of the RWL were rubbed off. Translation - the fire was run flat, fast and hard for a distance.
Now because I had 29.4K miles on my Avalanche going for a single tire was no longer possible. Worse I have to run with what it is in stock because my need is now, my visions of 285/70R17 tires this fall evaporated.
So I got some Les Schwab brand Wild Country STX (XST or SXT or what ever) with the raised white letters. Les Schwab gave me $25 credit per tire for the stock Good Years (X3) which made me feel good - must be babying my ride to have that much usable tread that they think they could get $40 to $50 each.
So in the end it was $700 minus a $75 credit to have a grand total of $625 to fix a "flat tire."
So now I've got curiousity. The tire damage on the flat does not support the it went flat overnight in the driveway and gee I don't know what happened story. Thank goodness for OnStar. Of course they can't tell me the circumstances but they can tell me the location of repair. Second Avenue downtown Seattle by Benoroyal [sic] hall. Bingo, we're lying about the location so what else are we lying about?
I made the mistake of calling her bluff failing to remember that I am not dealing with a human being. When confronted with the hard fact that OnStar had all the information of the where she then declared. OK, I did lie. I did it because, because, because, I don't trust you!
What?
What kind of logic is that?
You see in the end it's not the principal of the flat. It's not the principal of the $625. It's not the principal that with no wiggle room I couldn't get what I wanted. It's the following:
1) While laying in the hospital and not visiting and moving divorce plans forward she is running around in my Avalanche.
2) When something went wrong while using it, she didn't stand up and take responsibility. She tried to explain it away that I should be thankful the spare was put on. Yes, I'm thankful that you didn't decided to walk 15.4 miles home - duh, you had the spare but on so you could get home. She's caught like the teenager that took off with the family care while the folks were away on vacation. One difference, the average teenager would bow their frickin' head and fess up.
3) I know you might be thinking married, wha? My wife and I have always kept seperate accounts and our credit largely seperate. When I bought the Avalanche I did it with MY money, MY credit, and I paid for it out of MY discretionary funds - not out of our "shared" funds for running the house. So although yes, married, I've always viewed the Avalanche as "mine"
4) If she is going to lie over something as simple as a flat tire - than what else is she going to and has already lied about.
Oh I'll be glad when this stinking chapter of my life is over.
It's gonna suck, big time. Sounds like you're off to a bad start but above all else get yerself a good lawyer! I had a female lawyer who was a shark but I didn't always listen and thought being a 'nice guy' about certain things (like dropping multiple assault charges) would help in the end. Get a good lawyer and *listen to her!* Females are more vicious, as you're learning. Men are more emotional and it inevitably clouds our thinking.
. I would never hide something like that. It sure is hard to fess up and tell the truth but it sure is easier than hiding a big lie.
