Sorry to hear about that Debbie - that is a rotton way to start a day. We're expecting our first rain in a while next week and I know the roads will be filled with fender-benders.

Are your tires the ones that came with the car? Back when I had my Tercel, it had lousy factory issued tires. We swapped them out for better quality ones and I could feel the difference the very first time it rained.

re: attitudes. Your running into these people didn't make them rude, they were already that way. They probably don't have a wonderful place like Thursdays to unwind, so they're like that all the time.