maybe this is a good analogy, maybe not……………when we are born we get our training wheels and they take us to our first tires, as we grow we get bigger and better tires to keep us going, and finally when we reach a certain place in our life……….we graduate to all season steel belted radials…………….top of the line…………..and they take you the rest of the way…………………..and then over time they develop slow leaks and you just plug them and go on…………………we’re just old plugged tires moving along as best we can, no longer in a hurry………just glad to be moving……………i think you are getting a flat