And I wasn't expecting one.
Well I have news on these. Here is what happened.
Shadow, I think your comments finally pushed me over the line. I had read them and decided I don't ned those fancy and expensive chrome wheels, the brushed aluminum ones could be "good enough" for me.
Maybe not so easy to clean, but at least they would be new, will not leak air and I won't have to worry if they were chromed well or not, or more air leaks when the chrome peels off the lips, they would be goners when that happened.
So chrome out, aluminum ones are in. AND, the aluminum brushed ones will look just the same, not chromed. In stock at the same place. So I decided - I will go to the tire store, see if they can unwind the deal on the chromes and go with brushed, which the Tire Rack claims on the website are in stock.
They came out right away to meet me, a couple o hours ago, with the news:
Had called Tire rack, WHO NEVER NOTIFIED ANYONE, and per their website, now the availability date on the Chrome Wheels is DECEMBER 22!!!!
WTF???!! They NEVER called the customers (like my Tire Store ) who had pending orders in, about it. Nothing. Makes my Tire Store look bad, as they had ordered them for me. Makes TIRE RACK look real bad.
So, I sad go ahead and change the order to the brushed aluminum ones, they are IN stock!! Tire Store apologized profusely, and the guy, Luke aired up my leaky tire and said he'd get the order in right away, and they are in stock, and they ought to get there from Tire Rack quick, and with luck I could be rolling on new wheels by Saturday or Monday, even.
At this point I would not believe Tire Rack if they told me the sun would rise tomorrow or Christmas comes in December.
But I went home happy and put in a bid for another set of wheel caps, this time non chromed looking ones from the same seller on ebay that sold me the old "new" ones that matched the chromes. Another $30 down the drain for nothing, but the ebay seller is 100% on feedback and ships out really fast, which I found out when I got the first set. The auction I found, they had one going that ends tomorrow, so the timing is good.
I think it is time to get this show on the road. I have been hoping to see MR MB and some of his customers since May of last year when I joined up here, and heard from Ernesto about Enrique and his shop.
YEA baby!!
