Wednesday

Tonight on the way home from my fantastic chicken paprikash with nockerli dinner I happened to glance at my dashboard and noticed that the "Low Pressure" light was on.

This indicates that one of my five tires (spare included) has low air pressure. The car does not tell me which one so now I have to guess or assume all of them are loo on air.

I hate these complications. All the way home I was looking at the light hoping it will go out that it realized it made a mistake. But no such a luck.

When I got to the garage I checked all the four tires but was not able to determined which was low. To me they all looked normal. But what do I know?

Now, tomorrow morning I'll pull the car out of the garage and check the pressures with my tire gauge. Unless tomorrow the light will not come on.

Then comes the inconvenient part. Finding a gas station which has an air pump. There was one near me that was always free but a little while ago they changed their mind and now there is no pump.

Other places have pump that work wit money. I think it is 50 cents and it stays on for five minutes. That means you have to run around the car, do all the tires and check them for the pressure. Five minutes is not that much time. And it usually shuts off in the middle of the last just a little more air.

Hate these complications. The last time it happened was in early January when it got suddenly very cold and I guess the pressure went down with the temperature.

I have over 36,000 miles in the car and I hope these tires are good enough for a few more thousands because I just don't feel like spending any big bucks on new tires just when my lease term is about to end.

Speaking of lease terms. This car is leased and the term is up in December of this year. I really like the car, it took care of me in good and bad and I am seriously thinking of keeping it.

But the taste of a new car is in my mouth already and I might just exchange it for the latest model, that being the 2015 model. It is not out yet but I heard it was due shortly.

The thing is if I keep this car, at my age that might be the last car I ever own. And I am just not ready to call it quits.