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I'll do my best to make it tonight.
Bob
Patti
OK, so it's made by a company that used to be american at one point. Near america. Yeah, something like that. ;-)
-juice
Patti
She has had a hard time recently with deep depression but is now on the way back up, this photo was taken just 2 weeks ago when she started feeling better about herself.
Cheers Pat.
We'll keep her in our prayers.
tom
Great photo! It's nice to put a face to a name. And tell her she looks great! Really, no one would ever imagine the hardship she's been through from that photo.
Ken
Bob
Craig
Nice to "hear" and see that she's improving.
BTW, I guess she gets her good looks from Rita. ;-)
DaveM
I'll share some virtual cake with the Crew. :-)
Pat: beautiful smile, thanks for sharing.
-juice
I'm happy to hear and see that Ann Marie is doing better! She is looking good, and we can all see why you are so proud of her. She is still in our thoughts.
Mark
Steve
~c
He was with her during her illness and the subsequent up and downs since.
We hope they make a go of it as we really like Marc.
Cheers Pat.
He knows what she is like from before the depression so he is hanging in to see that girl again. Thank God she is looking and acting more and more like the old Anne Marie everyday.
Cheers Pat.
Was gonna give it a miss this year and do it every second year, but then I figured with the amount of salt they use here a car needs all the help it can get.
I know a lot of people would say I am nuts but I like to feel I am doing all I can to extend the life of this car. Got a real lift in feeling good the guy in the car ahead of me said on seeing the Titan that car is brand new isn't it, imagine his surprise when I told him the Titan was almost 4 years old.
Cheers Pat.
I am curious -- how much does it cost, and what is involved??
When I pulled the door panel off my 05 recently, I noticed that the bottom well of the door was sprayed with cosmolene, presumably to protect the door when water collects in there during rain (still has drain holes too). Is this the same kind of treatement you got?
Craig
Steve
There is an additive that allows it to stay thin and creep into all the crevices then it will eventually thicken and not drip.
For some reason it keeps creeping as every time I wash the car there is a fresh coating around the seams on the bottom of the door.
They spray everywhere that is accessible, in a lot of cases they want to drill access holes but I don't want that, that's why I pull the panels.Incidently this is not like Zeibart or any of the other regular rustproofing out there .
Now you will get arguments about Subarus not needing additional treatment and if you only keep your car a few years probably not, but even galvanised steel eventually rusts out after the galvanising has sacrificed itself to the rust worm.Once rust starts showing I believe it is like an iceberg you only see one 1/8 the other 7/8s is hidden
The other benifit is in all the years I have been having this done to my cars I have never ever had a seized nut or bolt under the car, I have never had to use heat or any other means to dismantle anything.
It costs me 90 bucks a year and for me that is cheap insurance against rust, all my cars I sold between 8 and 10 years old all with origional paint and no rust.
Cheers Pat.
I don't think anyone can argue with the condition your cars are in when you sell them. Nobody.
-juice
I told him it will be a long wait:-)
But he does not care.
Cheers Pat.
What price your life?
Cheers Pat.
We have a set of siped Toyo Open Country all-season tires on the Suburban. We siped them for a couple reasons:
-Winter: It's amazing the difference they make on ice & snow. The effect of siping is many more edges are available to create grip edges. They go in snow better as well, for the same reason. I think they might squeegee the water out from under the tire better in the wet, if for no other reason than they allow the water more avenues for escape.
I used to be a big studded tire fan. Between the newer studless winter tires I use on the Subie & the siping on the 'burban, I don't feel the need any more. We go skiing a lot around here & have to negotiate some dicey road conditions to get there. Both cars do fine.
-Summer: The biggest advantage of siping is heat dissipation. I've seen thermal images of tires run hard in hot weather; the non-siped tires are noticably hotter with 'hot-spots', and the siped tires are noticably & uniformly cooler. We tow a travel trailer in the summer. Tires get hot, but not so much with siping (& adequate tire pressure, of course)
-I'm told siping extends tire life. Can't speak to that yet - not enough miles gone by. All of this may be tempered by the type of tire itself, the car they're riding on, and the proverbial nut behind the wheel - some may perform just fine without it, At least every front tire (and most of the rears) of every truck on my job here is siped... for safety reasons.
Sermon over, break to commercial, cue voice over ticking stopwatch "Stay tuned for Andy Rooney, next on '60 Minutes'
Fade to black...
Cheers!
Paul
PS Tom: E-mail me if you decide to get it done. I can recommend a place over there. ph
I thought he was suggesting just hacking some grooves in the tires himself, hence my advice to forget it.
Tom if this was not your intention then I apologise for the advice I dispensed.
Cheers Pat.
Yes, I was talking about having it done at a local tire shop. I've been looking for new tires and one of the shops recommended it.
Paul, I'll email you, I'd love to know where to get it done.
tom
If the RE92s could benefit from siping, it would have had them OEM. i.e. SP5000 comes siped OEM.
I don't think the RE92 can handle it. Its thread blocks are small and intricate channels are plenty that siping will weaken the blocks and/or redirect water from its intended path.
-Dave
Edit: Looks like it's live.
So what did everybody do at work today being Edmundsless? Did you actually get some work done today? ;-)
DaveM
Now I finally feel like I'm getting some work done!
Ken
Bob
Just proving there CAN be life without Edmunds, if only temporarily!
Cheers!
Paul
Patti
PS - isn't the opportunity to tend to an ailing child wonderful? It's horrible when they are sick, but great to get that "down time" to bond a bit. Hope things are better!
I'm thinking of siping my minivan tires (at the tire store <g>) - they aren't so hot in the wet.
Steve, Host
I don't think much will help the RE-92's. I am anxious to switch over to my WinterSport's in a week or two, then dump the ailing Briggies in the Spring. The car only has 26k, the 92's may have 17k of that. Hard as a rock. No grip. I too thought about shaving and siping, but will instead use the money towards something better.
Steve
So far I've driven then in dry weather and light rain. I like them a lot-- they have good firm shoulders, but a lot of tread squirm. the steering is vague and once I was cornering enthusiastically and felt a good a bit of a slide, but afterwards noted that the tire's sidewall was not scuffed. I haven't cornered that hard since; I'd rip up all the good tread features that will give me the snow & ice traction I bought the tires for!
Now, about the installation. The shop I have used for years damaged one of my wheels and I noticed right away. We loaded my stock tires into my dad's 4Runner and he drove off while I was negotiating with the tire shop about compensation, a critical piece of evidence left the scene... the tire that was on that wheel. I didn't even think about it until a few days later when moving the tires in my garage... and I saw a 3-4" long by 1/2" wide chunk taken out of the bead. This matches the paint chip on my wheel --as far as I can see with a tire on it, the wheel has no damage besides paint but I'd like to see it without the tire to be certain.
Sorry no pics just yet.
What I am going to demand is a new tire, because the bead is destroyed or at the very least unsafe. I am also going to demand that the wheel be refinished to its original state. It has a logo on it, and because of that I would accept repainting on the damaged area if possible... but if it is not possible, they better figure out some way to make all four wheels pristine. Refinishing all four with no ENKEI logo would be acceptable, for example. Or if it's cheaper for them to just buy me one new wheel so be it.
Sound reasonable? Other ideas/suggestions?
~Colin
Bummer, Colin.
I think despite the fact that the tires left the scene, it's pretty obvious what caused the problem.
I would speak to the manager and primarily ask why this wasn't brought to your attention earlier. They should have noticed their equipment snagged on that tire.
Accidents happen but they are clearly responsible for both the tire and the wheel's finish. You're almost being too reasonable. I think I'd start by asking for a new rim, and work from there.
-juice
That's where my sister-in-law lives. It's a nice area.
Bob
Craig
If so, I would also ask for a new rim and a new tire -- wouldn't that be the best outcome?
Keep the refinishing of all four rims as your next best alternative (NBO). Rule of thumb in negotiations: know your NBO but don't start out with it.
If they are a tire shop, they should be able to get discounts on both rims and tires, right? They probably have some kind of insurance or can write it off as a business expense. I'm sure it couldn't have been the first time something like this happened.
Ken
DaveM
Hopefully since you're a repeat customer and if they are a reputable place they will gladly do this, but it is disconcerting that they tried to hide something so obvious.
Good luck Colin, tell us how it all comes out.
tom