because they can't all be shiny

[lauralh]

So I totally had a blowout on the 520 floating bridge, but nothing bad happened to me. I freaked out a little when I felt the car move, and I saw the tire bouncing in the rear view mirror, but driving on the rim the rest of the way home (less than five miles) wasn't the worst thing in the world to happen. Although putting the spare on backwards did make for an interesting noise when I drove. Anyway. I called up the tire place (since I'd had trouble before) and they said they still had the 4 tires they ordered. And for less than four hundred american dollars, I have new tires.