Known this woman for about 3 years. Started dating about a month ago and found her to be an incredibly laid back, low maintenance, funny, conservative, beautiful woman. Couldn't ask for a better woman.
Until today.
She has a 2016 Nissan SUV that still has the original tires. What's left of them. Of course she didn't rotate them, so one pair is bald while the other pair are to the wear bars. She had it in for service a month ago and they told her they shouldn't let her drive it like that and warned her to replace them ASAP or else she would get a ticket or in a wreck.
So she mentioned to me about her tires a week ago and that she was going to go to a local chain store for new ones. I told her not to. Said she could order a set online for nearly half what the local tire thieves would charge and get just as good of a tire. I even went online and found her a set of good tires for $300, and sent her the link. Told her to order them and have them sent to her house and I would take them and her car and have them mounted.
Today, she calls me from the local tire thief store and said she is having tires put on and wants to meet for lunch.
I asked her what tires they are putting on and how much. Nokian something or other and it's $710. What?!
I look up the tire and it gets awful reviews for winter performance. She lives in North Idaho...
I look up some other tires this chain carries and convince her to have them install a different type that is rated much higher for winter driving.
She calls me back and said they had to order the ones I recommended so it will take a week for them to come in.
Had she just taken my advice in the first place, she would have gotten tires for half the price in the same amount of time. But, we've only been dating a short time and it's not my place to tell her what to do. Just disappointed that she chose to ignore my advice and waste money.
Women.