I hate: People driving in winter on summer tires.
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2 sets for my wife's car. Just got true snow tires for my truck and will be picking up a second set of factory wheels for my all terrain tires to go on in the spring.
Cool. We're members... did they sell you the used rims? $400 for a full set seems rather inexpensive.Costco. Michelin X-Ice. And man are these tires nice. I now choose to drive the van over the Subaru when it's snowy/icy.
Yup. I spent right around $400 for new tires and (used) rims.
Winter tires?
My car through high school and college was a '65 V8 Mustang. Even with snow tires it was a constant battle not to fishtail. I got mah winter drivin' learnin' down good.
Last year, Tucson got about 1" of snow. The snow melted quickly, but the bridges over the "river" (a huge dry wash) still had a very small amount of frost on them. The city SHUT DOWN and blocked off ALL bridges for about 4 hours, which basically cut off the entire East side of the city. For frost! I was dumbstruck... but I had an excuse not to get to work until noon that day because of it.
Last year, Tucson got about 1" of snow. The snow melted quickly, but the bridges over the "river" (a huge dry wash) still had a very small amount of frost on them. The city SHUT DOWN and blocked off ALL bridges for about 4 hours, which basically cut off the entire East side of the city. For frost! I was dumbstruck... but I had an excuse not to get to work until noon that day because of it.
No - we bought the rims off CL.
And I double-checked... the tires were $430 for 4... my recollection is getting worse and worse as time goes on.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Sport+PS2&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=74YR7SPORTPS2&fromCompare1=yes&place=0
of course they are cheaper now....why wouldnt they be cheaper after i bought them
cool pic
thats a foot of snow?
That's cool your wife lets you borrow her SUV.
gotcha
Whoa! What kind of car have you got those on?
Dude, you shouldn't have asked, its like looking at a fat chick in a thong
Looks like a car with an open trunk to me.its not a car. its a truck
Its a ute in other automotive markets only they are smart enough to use a car chassis. He should have just made his own modern El Camino
its still faster than a camino
and all of yer cars
Combined with the abysmal handling of a good ol' ladder-frame.
Nah the modern one is faster than yours. The next generation vette platform does over 200mph.
edit: Maloo R8 307 kW
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Maybe in a straight line, not including stopping.
And solid axles.Combined with the abysmal handling of a good ol' ladder-frame.
yeah those 15" rotors dont stop well enough
ridgeline...wtf does honda know about pickups
Sounds pretty crappy
lthumbsdown:If you want a real abortion of a sports car vs. your crappy El Camino, you'd have to get one of these: HSV Maloo R8 6L V8 w/307kW@6000rpm 550@5100rpm
About as much as Dodge, I'd wager.
15" rotors wouldn't fit under your wheels. true story. stop spouting BS.
Sure they would, there just wouldn't be any room for calipers.
411hp on 98 octane. not bad for a $52k tuner carSounds pretty crappy
If you want a real abortion of a sports car vs. your crappy El Camino, you'd have to get one of these: HSV Maloo R8 6L V8 w/307kW@6000rpm 550@5100rpm
stock 5.9L is 345ft lbs stock on 91 octane
yeah, id take a cummins turbo anyday..nothing like a "oil" burning truckI'd rather have my 395 lb/ft (when it was stock) on #2 diesel, $16k pickup.
Woohoo! Lots of redneck chest-thumping going on now! Must almost be Christmas. 
<redneck>Hold muh beer an' watch this!</redneck>Woohoo! Lots of redneck chest-thumping going on now! Must almost be Christmas.
aint no rednecks here