Unexpected expenses

It's been  a brutal 2 weeks of cold temps. My vehicle was not wanting to start even with the block heater plugged in so I have been driving DS1's parked jeep the past few days.

I was off to the city for my infusion. I had to rebook it for today as last week it was close to -48C with the wind chills and the roads were  a mess.

So today I headed off. The skyline of the city was in sight and I was just at the end of the industrial area when the jeep started making funny noises. I quickly pulled over to the limited shoulder of the highway and when there was a gap in traffic I got out to take a look. My front driver's tire had a big slash through it and I was down to just the rim. Awesome. Just what I needed.

I called CAA to get them to send  a tow truck and set about trying to find a repair shop where I could get a new tire. I called DH to let him know, concerned that I would miss this rebooked appointment. There is a max of 7 days window before I would be 'too late' for the infusion and have to go about a lengthy reboot of the drug.

He said he would leave work and start driving for the city. That way I could take his truck and run to my appointment while the tire was being repaired.

I found  a shop that would work, recommended by my nephew, who works in the city.

After 45 min of freezing temps, despite my vehicle still running, there was no sign of the tow truck. I recalled CAA and after a few moments of keyboarding I heard her say "well it looks like the operator you had talked to never contacted a tow truck'. I was not impressed. I understand there are waits for a truck to be available, but did not understand why the CAA rep had not make contact. I was more than a little annoyed. As a truck finally arrived almost 2 hours later, they were loading the jeep up to tow in and my husband pulled up behind me.

Together we headed off to the repair shop where I left him to wait while I headed off to my appointment, already  an hour late.

The repair cost just under $200. I was unhappy to hear them say that the tires on the jeep were all in really bad shape. I had just bought new tires for that vehicle last March before my son moved home from the US from college. That tells me the tires I paid way too much for, were garbage. Wish I could find those receipts.