@LindaLatte Linda my sister knows I post on the Q community. She was never one for message boards, facebook, reddit and such.
She mentioned that she wanted new flatware several months ago and I jumped on it and bought the pattern that she wanted. She knows she's getting silverware, lol. I'm giving her gift cards to Meijer's, Burger King (the one burger fast food type of place she will eat from) and her favorite pizza joint. I always get her milk chocolate covered pretzels and a box of Cella's cherries. The Cella's cherries date back to our childhood.
She was having recurrent tire issues this year. I'm talking about a new set where one kept leaking. Honestly she took her car back so many times and replaced that tire so many times that I thought she was going to lose her mind.
You know it's hard to find gas stations that have working air pumps. In August I sent her home with my small compression/air tire inflator. My sister doesn't fuss with her car like I do. The compressor that I sent home with her requires her to take her tire pressure (her monitoring system on the tired is kaput and not worth replacing due to the age of the car), connect the compressor to a heavy duty electrical cord and then attach the hose to the valve them by scrooing it on the tire.
I have an attached garage and using that tire compressor can be a PITA for me when it's cold outside.
I noticed about 2 weeks ago that thanks to the cold snap my own tires were down about 6 lbs of air pressure. I didn't go to her house or ask her to bring the compressor back to me. On a lark I picked this up from Meijer.
It took a couple of hours to charge and I said, okay let's put it to the test. Here's what I love about it. All you need to know what to do is read and find the recommended tire pressure on the driver side door area of your car.
Once it's charged up - you set the measurement type - in the US it's PSI.
You set the target PSI - mine was 32 lbs on a cold tire. The tip of the hose clamps on the valve stem. You hit start. It measures your current PSI on each tire, adds air until it hits the target PSI and shuts itself off.
I've been puttering with cars my entire life. Never topped off 4 tires so quickly in my life.
As soon as I was done I said, now this is the type of compressor/tire that was made for my sister. I went back to Meijer and bought one for her.
This may not be the most exciting gift but I can tell you that she will love it the first time that she has to use it. I'm going to deflate the tires on my car by a couple of pounds. After she opens presents tomorrow I am going to say - let me show you how to charge this and use this.
I paid cash and will include the receipt in the gift. If she hates it she can take it back.
Merry Christmas
