Not surprisingly, the tire shop didn’t have a Cold Smoke beer… and I really needed one.
Allow
me to explain.
The
rear, passenger-side tire on our car developed an air leak. As soon as I
noticed this, I pumped it full of air and raced off to the tire shop. While a
technician worked to find and repair the problem, I poked around the shop a
bit. I immediately found a small collection of objects technicians had removed
from tires over the years: long screws, nails, a small wrench, and various
lengths of metal. Next to this collection, I found three sections cut from
tires with large objects impaling them.
This
is where I needed the Cold Smoke beer. I wanted to place a beer beside the
sections of tire for a better sense of size. Instead, I resorted to placing a
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in the foreground before taking the photograph I’m
sharing today. I’m astounded by the damage to the tires featured here. What
sort of road dynamics can account for this?
After
repairing my tire, the technician presented me with the rather tiny rock
responsible for my slow leak. Not impressive at all, actually. I’m surprised
this little guy managed to work all the way through the tread. I’ve posted a
proper photograph of this rock next to a Cold Smoke beer.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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