Pothole 1, Justin 0.

Tonight I decided I had studied all day and deserved a little break. So I went to pick up Jessica to get some food. We started roaming because we didn't know where to eat, so I turned onto Nobel thinking we would figure out where to eat there. Then...

THUNK... fizzz... flop flop flop.



I hit the biggest pothole I've ever hit in my life. San Diego roads are NOTORIOUS for sucking so bad... seriously, there are potholes EVERYWHERE. And I've done my best to memorize where all of them are, and dodge as many as possible. But all it takes is one pothole to punch a dent into your wheel.

I could tell Jessica was pretty scared as the lights on my dashboard started flashing at me (yo homie, your TIRE IS FLAT!) and my steering wheel started shaking and pulling very hard to the left. It's like in those movies where you're flying and someone shoots off one of your wings, and you see all these lights light up in front of you while your flying stick starts shaking out of control and your plane starts nosediving. It was kind of like that... even the nose dive! I wasn't thinking very straight so I made several wrong turns and missed others. I called Tayzar to bring me my spare tire. In the end I was about 200 yards from my house when my steering wheel started shaking especially badly, so I pulled over to the side of the road. By the way it's around 8PM and very dark and cold.

I called Tayzar again:
T: Yeah dude Smallville is almost done... 5 minutes
J: I AM STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A FLAT, ARE YOU CRAZY
T: Oh shit I didn't know you were STUCK, ok I'm coming now -___-

Anyway after a long time of trying to fit the donut, realizing it didn't fit, and then trying to fit on my spare stock tires, I was good to go. I only have two rear tires in San Diego, which are larger than the front tires by nearly 40mm widthwise, and 5mm tall-wise. This means that with my rear tire now seeing duty up front, I can only turn my steering wheel 3/4 of a rotation before it starts gnawing off my wheel liner and every bump in the road is accompanied by a SCRUNCH. Fun.



On the plus side, Jessica bought me dinner and got me mildly drunk off sake, which took the edge off the whole situation. Thanks for being a trouper and sticking through the situation, Jessica! And big thanks to Bovey and Tayzar for coming to the rescue with my wheel and a jack!!! I would have been 100% screwed without you guys!

Until next time, zai jian!

-Justin.