Adventures in annual maintenance

It's tire changeover season (summer -> winter tires), and I was going to take the Subaru to my preferred tire place on Wednesday, but my body decided that getting up at 5:30 this morning after going to sleep around 1 was a GREAT idea (tonight is shaping up along similar lines, I would like to question autumn and all it stands for) so I went in at opening time because they do first come, first served, and usually it's not too long of a wait if you get there early. (The tire place is located in the middle of absolute nowhere in the industrial part of town, so there's really nowhere to walk to, unless window shopping for caterpillar tractors is your sort of thing.)

( Tire stuff )