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elchivito · #11 09-30-2010, 09:09 PM

I've had lots of close calls over the years, but the one that stands out in my mind is blowing a front tire at 65mph in a Ford 14 passenger van...arguably one of the most roll-over prone vehicles in common use...loaded FULL with other people's children. My angels were watching me that day for sure, somehow we didn't roll but the adrenaline leftovers took forever to dissipate. Not only that, 90 miles later a back tire started thumping and had also formed a bubble and was ready to separate. Luckily I got off the road before it blew. Two brand new Bridgestone tires in less than 100 miles. What are the odds? I was in Phoenix and still had an hour and a half drive to get home, so off loaded the kids at a McDonalds with the chaperones, limped the van to Costco and used my school district credit card to pay for 5 new Michelins. They guys there thought I was nuts, until I told them what had happened.
My school district superintendent called me on the carpet for an unauthorized expense of almost 1800 dollars and I told her where she could put the receipts if she ever wanted me to take kids on any more trips on Bridgestone tires.