The Car is Ready for Winter - Also a Raingutter Saga

I got my car winterized and I feel relieved about getting that finished. The tires are "borderline" - just coming in at a tread that requires new tires, but I can still safely use them until the Spring, and given that we're coming in to winter snow, I'll hold off that bit longer. It'll be close to $800 to do a new set of tires, and that's a serious expense and not something that brings me great happiness. But safety also plays a role, so Spring, when they run their next "buy three, get the fourth for 1 cent" sale, will be a better idea for my budget. 

They hold a tire sale of "Buy 3, get the 
fourth for $1" two times a year. It's actually 
just started for the Fall, but it will return 
in May next year. I'll probably think about 
replacing my tires then, but I can also 
spend some time thinking about what I want
 for a tire and how much I'm willing to spend. 

I finished early at the car dealership, so had time to take a quick run through the grocery store for dinner fixings before going home to meet with the Leaf Filter guy. Matthew was prompt, which I appreciate in anyone with appointments, and he was personable - a good quality for someone in sales and outreach. He spent more than an hour looking at what we wanted done, measuring, calculating, and finally coming inside for his sales "spiel" and final quotation. The final dollar amount is a little daunting, but not outside the realm of possibility. DH, of course, hit the roof and also had a couple of questions I wasn't able to answer, so I'll be contacting Leaf Filter again today to get a few answers. 

I spent more than an hour with the sales 
consultant from Leaf Filter. But DH still 
has questions, and yes, it is NOT inexpensive. 
I'm not so sure we'll be making up our mind 
as soon as we had thought. 

DH was expecting a quotation number that was lower, I actually was thinking a bit higher, and the discounts that I was offered are only good until the close of business tomorrow, so we're in a time crunch. I'll call them today for some additional information, and see what I can do about getting that "deadline" extended to the end of the month. 

I'll probably see about getting our deadline 
extended until the end of the month. It'll 
be a push, but we need that additional 
time to do measurements of our own and 
a bit more research. 

Will this system be the perfect solution? Frankly, I doubt that anything will be, but it does seem like a good and comprehensive solution to a problem we've had for decades. And yes, it is expensive - quite expensive. But far from out of my ballpark for this job. (DH hates to spend money, so practically anything would be expensive to him.) And yes, our gutters were quite a lot less, but they were also purchased in 2002, so a very LONG time ago. 

So I'm off for my final swim of the week. I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow, at least that's my plan. I'm grateful that the car is done and I can face my upcoming winter with a bit more confidence on the roads, so I'll call yesterday a success. Slava Ukraini.