Mostly Harmless

I’m gonna snag some of these pretty soon, I’d wager: Tire Totes

In the meantime my Summer tires are sitting in the hallway in 45-gallon “contractor cleanup” bags. Ruffies has some 3-mil bags which are nice but I couldn’t find ‘em and had to settle for some 2-mil thick bags. 39-gallon lawn cleanup bags are big enough, if I recall correctly, but too thin to block the tire smell; which is important if you’re keeping the tires inside a 1 bedroom apartment… with the windows closed all Winter.

I don’t think the Tire Totes will completely block the tire smell, since they don’t cover the entire… tire, so I may still need to bag ‘em, but merely having a handle is probably worth it. Part of the fun of seasonal tire changes, for me, is the schlepping of 200 lbs of tires down to the garage, then jacking up the car four times to change all the tires, then schlepping 200 lbs of tires back up the stairs. On the trip down to the car I take two tires at a time, on the trip up I find that one at a time is the way to go.

I am intrigued by these, though I’d hate to take all of the fun out of jacking up the car with the OEM scissor jack. The lug nuts came off very easily — for lug nuts — so I don’t need that 32:1 lug wrench. I could use a good ’spinner’ lug wrench though.

And, since I’m talking ’bout the car, if I can’t get the gunk off the windshield and make the OEM wipers work I’ll be getting a set of PIAA Super Silicone wiper blades. Maybe even the ones with wings.

I’m off to the garage with an armload of window cleaner and a bunch of razor blades. (Although, perhaps I should have gotten some steel wool instead: removing wax buildup.) It’s very possible that the wipers are just crap. It is a new car but it was manufactured many months before I bought it.