2006-04-03

Bancharchi

I drive my car at full speed over speed bumps and climb over pavements. This general carelessness in the wellbeing of my car has paid back.

I was backing up in one of those underground parking, and my rear tire slid across the sidewalk, no problem, my car is a 4x4, I stepped on the gas and climbed the pavement with the sound of my rear tire squealing in pain. I drove out of the underground parking, got back on the road and was driving back when the indicator light lit up and I got a message on my dashboard saying, "Car Tyre Pressure Very Low". I drive slower and find a tire shop, or bancherchi. I park, he looks at my tire, it is badly ripped from the side and slowly deflating.

He takes the tire off and gets me a new tire. Good, "is that all?", I ask, "Well it is if you want it to be, but your other tires are in bad shape also, do you want them replaced?". I think for a few minutes, should I save some money because he is trying to con me into changing all my tires, or he could be right and I run the risk of having a nasty accident later. What the heck, "Go ahead", I tell him. He works on all my tires and has them replaced. He gets me a cup of tea, tells me to have a seat and he starts working.

Just to save you the trouble of reading about the captivating details on how the tires where replaced, I will just show you the pictures.

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Bancherchi Street

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Smorgasbord of Rubber Tires

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Free Tea

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Tire Removed

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Ring Placed on Machine

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Bare foot Car

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New Tire Fixed

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Tea Finished

7 comments:

  1. Ummm.. slow down on the speed bumps now? :p

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  2. QC: As soon as I drove off, I hit a few speed bumps and pavements, I don't think I will ever slow down.

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  3. My poor baby had to go through the same ordeal a month ago... I have learn to treat her better after knowing what I put her thru :P

    Hmmmm tea looks.. uummm Well... Not so appealing for my fancy :P but u know the best tea I ever had was in Qatar :P KARAK ! usually found in Masbaqa, no maqsalaa, no no MA39ARAH !!! (like a really saakkaa neighbourhood fast food/shawarma/cafateria/Juice/baqala place):p and they send it to u in those paper cups and it's soooooooo good :p Don't get me started on Their Toasted Burgers !! Yes Toasted... YuMy !

    oh yeah and safe driving :)

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  4. digmaa: Sakaa places have the best food and beverages, forget those high class hotel restaurants, and go to an Indian restaurant in Canada dry street, or fa6ayer place connected to a car wash, and not forgetting Cafeteria Shuweikh also on Canada Dry street.

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  5. Canada Dry street ?? where ?? Directions Plz :P

    walla tara ma adil.. only just strated to get to know the streets.. o and BTW, I hardly use street names in this country coz U CAN NEVER SEE THEM !! In Q8 I use the old fashioned method of telling directions :PP Kammmmiiilll seeeeeeeeeeeeddda lemaaa eyeelik doowaar ily fee nu9a masyaad :P

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  6. Diigmaa: check out my post for directions to Cafeteria Shuweikh.

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  7. Love it as usual. Simple story with lots of photos. Love it.

    BTW, the Bancharchi is made of two parts. First part comes from the English work puncture. The second generally means professional and I think it comes from Iranian origins but it is widely used in Iraq, Sirya and Lebanon.

    So Bancharchi = Puncture-Professional.

    Similarly, Computerchi.

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