This past week I've spent some time trying to find new tires for my car. It's a Mustang that currently has the stock 15" wheels. Due to my negligence (I didn't rotate the tires!) I find that I've worn out the outside tread on both of the front tires.So, this Saturday instead of hiking with Chuckles near Great Falls I spent part of the day talking to a guy I know who works at NTB. I was thinking that since I was already going to the expense of buying new tires that I might as well upgrade to 18" wheels (and help my car look a little more sporty). I've been thinking about doing this upgrade ever since I got the car about a year and a half ago and I've spent the past 2-3 weeks reading all about wheels and tires.
Still, the NTB guy said that he couldn't get me a discount on rims there so I'd have to pay full price for them somewhere. I mean, it still would save me the cost of buying all new tires for upgrading to 18" wheels (since they need to be replaced now anyway) which I will have to do if I wait another year or two to get 18" wheels.
So at the end of the day on Sunday I still hadn't made my mind up. I knew that I was starting to feel a little antsy about spending over a thou on new wheels and tires but I was like, "What else would I be spending my money on anyway, a new TV or other pointless stuff?"
It's just weird because this is a process I seem to go through with everything. I get really interested in something and research it for a couple weeks and when it comes time to actually pay the money for it or whatever, I realize that I don't really care about it enough to part with my hard-earned money.
I usually don't mind it because I spend the time learning something new and it ends up not costing me anything (and the thought of how cool it would be if I did it is probably actually more fun than doing it).
Of course Fulsome hates hearing about these things (interesting fact: this post was originally going to be Part 1 in a series about things I do that annoy Fulsome--Part 2, I don't really enjoy traveling that much). I think it's the fact that I talk and talk about all these things I'm going to do and then don't ever actually do them. But seriously, why would it be annoying to hear someone talk about how they're going to do something, how the want to do something, how awesome it will be when they do that thing and then they don't do it. What's annoying about that?
All I know is that it happened again this past weekend, another case of pre-emptive buyer's remorse.
posted by dontEATnachos @ 11:57 AM
