Getting caught up with a ton of stuff with the car that I've just let go; I got my car registration renewed - five months late & a few parking tickets for expired tags later. While getting the oil changed, was told that I needed new tires - there were cracks in each of the sidewalls, even though there was reasonable tread on them. The person I bought the car from said the car had been in storage for a couple of years, so I guess the tires were pretty old. I didn't even notice. All that medical fuss only to have a tire blow out ending up with me wrapped around a phone pole or something. New tires, balanced, aligment, brakes redone... it had to be done, but still, a bigger ouch when you get it all done at the same time. Now to get the trunk fixed after backing into a pole.