I had my first flat tire with my Corolla last week. I was on my way home to prepare for my afternoon volunteer gig driving golf cart for cancer patients at Lee Health Regional Cancer Center when my front left tire started losing air. I suspect I ran over something dropped from a flatbed that was shedding debris in front of me. At first I thought it was just a low tire pressure warning but it soon became apparent that it was going flat. Fast. I couldn’t make it home. So I had to stop on an off ramp from I-75 and replace the thing myself. Not fun. My jack was a bit rusty and I had to lift the car four times because every time I got it up the car shifted a bit and the jack tilted. I ended up with a blister on my finger and a bruised left palm. But I got it changed. I hope I never have to do that again.
And the tire – one of the two I got new before the trip north last summer, with less than 7,000 miles on it – was damaged beyond repair. Over $200 to replace it. *sigh*