What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

I walked away from a deal in '04that the price was all set on for an Xterra because they had performance tires on an SUV that they advertise as an off-roader. The guy called me back two days later and said they would chang for AT's at the same negotiated price. I thought I done good - I should have just kept on walking because that vehicle was a POS.

When I bought the Patriot in '09 (to replace the Xterra), the Patriots they had on the lot also had regular street tires. I asked about AT's and they looked and saw they had one on a truck that was to be in a couple days later. Same price, so I waited. Come to think of it that one only lasted 4 years too (tranny blew).

I hadn't bought any more brand new vehicles until the Focus I got almost 1 year ago. I'l have to pay attention to how long those tires last. Didn't really pay attention to what was on them since it is a fair weather, cheap-azz car. Just looked and it has Continental ProContacts - never heard of them so have no clue.

 

She didn’t even ask what they cost. Paying for them is my department. I am taking off Continental and putting on Hankook. My tire guy sells a lot of Hankook to the farmers around here so hopefully they last a bit longer.

 

I put AT Kumhos on the old Explorer and I liked them so much I got some Kumho street tires for the old Focus. Both sets grabbed the road really well and were very maneuverable.

 

Kia has only gotten a lot better from when they first came to the US. Back when they first arrived, they were not good at all. I actually see Hyundai and Kia as better than Honda in most cases, and they've been this way since about when your mom got hers in 05.

 

That's odd. I've run Kumho's on my last 2 mustangs and got great wear out of them. I got at least 40k out of even the rears tires which was a feat, considering how heavy if a right foot I have, or had back then at least. On my dad's last Taurus, he had Kumho's that had ~60k on them for 55000 Mike rated tires and they still had plenty of life left when Dad sold that car. I also put a set of Kumho's on my Audi allroad. They lasted a good amount of miles 40k or so on 50k mile rated tires. That Audi ATE tires though, it didn't how many miles they were rated or what brand, that car just went through tires. The rain was mostly due to the AWD and the multi level air suspension.

All of these tires gripped well too, rain and snow, so they were not hard as rocks.

 

Great news regarding the FJ!

 

Any of you remember me buying a new enclosed trailer less then a year ago? Knocking a hole in the back door with my other trailer and then running the same new trailer into my Dad's garage not 2 weeks
after getting the back door fixed? Hah.. Yeah... I just sold that sucker. After buying a rzr, i needed more space. Im upgrading from a 8.5x18' to an 8.5x26'.

Gonna order it within the next few weeks. Turn around is 7-8 weeks.
its a custom build, ive already priced it out and talked to a saleslady. She was cute also...

 

Agree on FJ. Plus he’s got a girl that stuff happens mine painted my toe nails when she was 5 ..

 

I am sure it did it. I keep records of mileage I install tires so it was easy to know. But at that point they literally lasted a calender year and yearly mileage was known as well.

The set I put on after it was a take off set I got from my buddy who works at the Dodge dealership. They were factory take off from a Jeep Wrangler when they install the dealer lift kits. They were Goodyear Wrangler SA I think it was. But anyway. I ran those tires for 40k or so which was about their life rating I think. So it's not like the vehicle eats tires. No alignment done between sets either .

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I agree with this. Kia's were crap in the mid 90s when they came around in the US. They all had black stains o. The bumpers from burning oil early.

Today's Kia/Hyundai are way better than they were 20 years ago. Riveling Honda reliability in many cases.

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I'm putting hankooks on mine next time.

I put general grabbers (like every truck tire they have is named grabber) HT or something on the Sequoia. Only been on a year but seem to be wearing good.

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To me, Hard Tack is a unleavened bread. It is interesting how names and terms change in different areas.

 

I did and it looks delicious. Years ago, I saw something similar with the syrup poured into ornament molds, swished around and poured out to produce glass like hollow ornaments. I tried Googling it but couldn't find anything on it.

 

That was what I thought of when I read Hard Tack.

 

Exactly!


Sounds like you're feeling better? That's good!

 

Looks like it'll be a day for moving snow around down at the cottage. Driveway first, then roof. I hope...…..