Checking Your Tires Properly
If there is one thing about cars that makes me paranoid, it’s the tires. With the last car that I owned, I must have had to change a flat tire on it at least once every few months. To this day, I have no idea what the problem was, but every single time the culprit was a nail. After a while, I was convinced that there was a criminal going around targeting Nissan Altimas simply so they could hammer a nail into one of the tires at random. But I digress.
Checking your tires is one of the basic safety checks that you can (and should) do prior to stepping foot in your vehicle. It only takes a few seconds to go around and check each tire quick for any malfunctions or wear and tear, and it can end up saving you a lot of headache down the line. One of the first things that I learned how to do before I was even allowed to sit down behind the wheel of my dad’s company car was how to change a flat tire. I still remember that summer where I was crouched down beside him in our driveway as he guided me through where to find the tire jack as well as instructions on how to properly prop up the car and remove each of the lug nuts from the affected wheel. It seemed relatively easy…on that car.
