$50 was spent on getting the new tires mounted and balanced. For future reference the mileage was 116,050 at the change. Fourteen twenty-five was for petrol. Made a lot of transitions today. Rain was all about and there were extended stops for work, tires and shopping. Sears had a 2-1/4 ton hydraulic jack on sale for 50% off making it just $19.99. I finally decided to break down and get a nicer jack. For ever I have been using the scissors jack that comes with the car and when I did the brakes a couple of weeks ago I decided that that was enough. They were all gone when I got there. This started me on a hunt for a jack. The first place I looked was for advice on the Miata.net Tool Talk forum. Lots of advice there, so much so that I’m now convinced that I should buy an aluminum race jack for $170 from Harbor Freight. Or I should just go to Wal-mart and spend $60 on a jack and some stands – Jeez, thanks guys.
Purchased Today: $64.25
Money spent since 03/03/03: $673.47
Started up, went down, went up, went down, went up, back down, up, down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 122