Skeletor what's on the agenda today buddy I feel like we need to get some some
cheeseburgers India it's pizza maybe some some tater tots you're nothing but bones
what's going on everybody Eric here from nomadic fanatic coming back to you from Camp Vagabond
here outside of Show Low Arizona here at camper van Kevin's base camp here and uh I really don't
have a whole lot more to share nothing else has happened I am still waiting for tires however did
figure out something so did figure out figure out something very interesting I think the last shop
there in California where I spent 844 dollars on tires for tater tot I think they did be dirty and
I just realized it today there's tater tot by the way I will be uploading this video with some Nomad
internet link below in the video description if you're looking for some Mobile unlimited internet
case you're not familiar with these uh smart cars they uh they're a little different than than most
vehicles uh whereas the rear takes one size tire and the fronts take a different size tire
not only that they are different size rims in the back compared to the front so here's what
I think the shop did they didn't realize that they didn't look in on front of the door they
didn't even look at the numbers on my rimmer tire they just thought it'd be okay to rotate things
around you know how often times your vehicle you will rotate the tires well you can't do
that you I mean you can go front to front and and back to back but you can't swap front and backs
got me thinking so I've had two blowouts and tater tots since getting brand new tires right
so to be clear on this model a smart car we are supposed to have on the rear the size is 175 55
R15 okay and then fronts are supposed to be 155 60 or 15. also on the back these two rims these are
five and a half inch depth thickness of of the rim and on the front it's four and a half well
just out of curiosity because I'm just sitting here I went to looking not sure if you're gonna
be able to see it but right there my fingers at it says four and a half that's the front rim
okay let's go up here to the front rim which is supposed to be the four and a half and
what does that say five and a half
so they didn't even put the tires on the right spot on my car not only if this is a five and a
half inch rim that means it's supposed to have the 175 55 R15 and where is it what do we have
they put the 155 they put the front tire on the rear rim
oh but wait there's more they put the 155 also on the rear so they gave me all 155 60 r15 tires
and didn't even do what they were supposed to do so was it carelessness uh was it just that they
didn't care and they had these tires in stock so well they could get them the next day and so
they just did it to me I don't know but I feel like as a big company as as Bridge Bridgestone
really is you know you should pay attention to what rubber you're putting on what rims and what
comes off you could also see the same information that I just shared with you front 155 60r15 rear
175 55 R15 right there they did me dirty so two blowouts in tater tot one while I was driving
tater tot the other while I was Towing tater tot and not knowing what's going on I think if you
put the wrong size tire the wrong thickness of the tire on the wrong rim and then if you mount them
incorrectly you're also going to get speed sensor issues and abs issues and I'm just like really so
in the meantime I think we're two days away from getting my my first ordered Tire two days away I'm
gonna get the Jack and I'm going to swap these in the meantime I am still there's nothing I can do
about getting the 175 tires they're just not not available right now but we can at least get the
rims in the right place so that Tater Tot can be can be towed a little bit farther down the road
or you never know I'm still waiting on some issues with the motorcycle and parts on that it may give
me time to order the actual real tires that this car needs and get those sent uh internationally
overseas here to Kevin's place so we'll kind of see but I'll show you what's going on with the
bike too so we ended my last video finding some issues with some lines and other things when we
got a new carburetor coming a petcock even a new fuel tank but that didn't keep me from trying
I did put vinegar in here and I don't know if you can see let me turn the light on real quick
it helped see it cleared it right there but there's still rust right there it didn't do
a great job and I'm not comfortable putting this back on right now we'll go ahead and put that new
mismatched tank on here for now I'll take this white tank with me on the road and maybe even
drop it off at a professional shop that has some better chemicals that vinegar did not do anything
like the YouTube video said it was supposed to do uh it may have helped a little bit but it
certainly did not clean that tank and I'm not comfortable with the rust still in there other
than that just a nice quiet comfortable afternoon here in Arizona you'll see this view again
I was actually going to uh start looking at some property of my own out here for the for the future
I love these rocks over there look at this guys look how peaceful and beautiful this is
It's Arizona this is Arizona uh temperatures here in September are still in in the mid 80s there's
like a couple rain thunderstorms in the forecast uh but still just beautiful weather getting plenty
of that beautiful vitamin D up there and uh I don't know I feel weird just sitting here but
um I'm very happy and and thankful for Kevin's gracious inviting me over here to uh have some
packages delivered and just kind of wait things out hope to get on the road here um
don't know that there's a lot that's out of my control right now so I am sorry for not
bringing you the normal content that we're all used to traveling and exploring it's just uh
we don't have control period And if you remember uh Carolyn Caravan Carolyn's also here and she's
from the Pacific Northwest Seattle uh I wasn't going to be too excited about the Seattle Seahawks
this year because we traded our best player Russell Wilson I have two of his Seahawk jerseys
we traded him and uh to the Denver Broncos and that's the first game of the season here on Monday
Night Football so uh Carolyn and I were talking about putting on our jerseys anyway and going
to find a uh sports bar to go watch the game I I think it's going to be another 10-year rebuilding
decade for the Seahawks Martini is outside my RV here and she thinks she found something she's
been digging under this rock what's under there really is it is it a gecko is it a mousy mouse
you gotta help lift this rock for me I I can't get him I did all my digging I need some help
get a martini Look at Her Go she's crazy she is digging the China underneath that rock
licking her chops there's something under there
got baby Maymay over there like you you get it then I'll eat it yeah that's how we'll do that
that's a good way to wear out a puppy for a for a puppy nap
dug all the way down there and I got this one I got this one you guys got to work as a team
yeah skeletor's just chilling out here and Kevin's taking the three-wheeler here with uh and baby
maymay's in the backpack that's awesome that's fun but uh Kevin's got a couple bikes here at
uh Vagabond camp and uh he's gonna let me take out uh the old Blue Monkey here it's a Honda monkey a
little 125 CC I think it's got the same engine as my old Grom did but a little small bike probably
only goes like 55 mile an hour tops with that 125 CC but uh I'm gonna hop on and get my bike fixed
at least while we're waiting on Reba in there and go hit some Trails all right got my glasses here
look at that seat look at that seat it's like riding a recliner a little Lazy Boy there
all right let's hop on her here let's go and fire up see how she purrs that's it that's it
all right Martini stay over there gotta be careful in these rocks here because
kind of slippery once we get out to the main road though
oh tater tot there one day tater tot we're gonna get some tires yeah this
this rock here is does not like these tiny tires
we'll get out here though all right there we go oh okay oh this is great what a fun bike
it's close to a scooter as you can get while still actually being on a motorcycle
yeah I miss my Grom now his little bikes cool because just pushing them to their limit feels
like you're like abusing all the flaws of gravity and speed but you're not ah they're fun little
bikes thank you Kevin I needed this I needed to ride a bike we're gonna get Reba back though we
will eventually in fact just got notifications that the the new tank the carburetor and the
pet call Club have all been shipped they're on the way I think in less than a week I'm gonna
have Reba back running like new all right and home sweet home there's Skeletor waving to us
go park the bike in the garage up here
thank you
good times what a fun little bike there's killer MO and there's Reba taken apart it's so sad when
you're on a roll of bad luck it just it's just feels like it just continues just to spite you
UPS was out this morning out for delivery one of my two tires that I purchased on eBay almost two
weeks ago and that truck was literally about a mile away at like 11 A.M and then drove 22 miles
north and decided not to deliver my package I thought that was kind of strange a few people
here said well it'll just it'll be here Monday morning instead okay ironically the driver chose
to change the shipping you know the out for delivery now it says no access to residents
the roads clear hasn't been blocked once I've been here waiting and there was never
a UPS truck that even drove down this road so I don't really appreciate them lying but
I'm still ready to get my car back and it is just not meant to be I know it'll be I know
catch you guys later