Posted by Bruce Richmond on February 3, 2011, 3:39 am
> In article
> > > Again, you're leaping to huge conclusions based on how you wish the
> > > world worked--without any actual facts at your disposal.
> > And again you are spewing BS.
> Then you say:
> > > "justify their cost"? To WHOM?
> > To me.
> And any cost you impose on the rest of the world, you don't care about.
> Got it.
Ok shit for brains, explain the cost I impose on the world by not
buying a block heater.
> > > Are you now in charge of determining
> > > for me the cost *I* must bear so that YOU can save gas? Are you now in
> > > charge of determining that *I* must accept your wildly gyrating driving
> > > style and your out of spec suspension (yes, tires and their inflation
> > > are part of the suspension that the engineers craft very carefully)
> > > simply because YOU declare it to be "justified"???
> > Yes. If you don't like it you can go fuck yourself.
> I can also maneuver myself so that you run into me. Or, even better, I
> can maneuver myself so that I interrupt your "driving style". I bet
> that really grinds your ass, when YOU can't do what YOU want--when the
> outside world interferes with YOU.
I'm sure you do that to others just to be an asshole, but you would
first have to find me before you could do it to me. So the ass being
ground here is yours aince you are powerless to do what you would like
to do. ;)~
> > > I don't expect to be driving next to someone who is randomly speeding up
> > > and slowing down. That's not how the world works. But YOU have
> > > declared that it "shall be so" simply because YOU think it's
> > > "justified"??
> > Too bad fella but that is how the world works.
> That's also how you get the shit beaten out of you, and how lawyers make
> money when they realize that you were actually the cause of the
> accidents you're involved in.
> So to sum it up: you are autistic.
And you're dreaming shit for brains.
Posted by bwilson4web on January 30, 2011, 4:57 pm
> . . . I don't run special low rolling resistance tires.
> Besides the higher initial cost they wouldn't work in the snow.
Sumitomo T4s are rated as low rolling resistance tires and what our
local Toyota Service Centers sell as replacements for the OEM tires.
At Tire Rack, they have been one of the more affordable tires although
last week I learned they had gone from $0/tire I first paid to $6/
tire. I've been pretty happy with them in North Alabama.
> . . .So I
> would either have to pay to have tires remounted twice a year, or buy
> a second set of rims. I doubt I would break even either way.
Winter tires have more to do with superior winter grip and safety more
than economics. I"ve never lived far enough North to consider them a
realistic option. Most of the time, snow storms shutdown the whole
area and we all take a 'snow day.' But if I lived in areas where snow
is considered 'part of the climate,' I'd probably have a set on steel
rims and swap them in the fall and spring.
Bob Wilson
Posted by Bruce Richmond on February 3, 2011, 4:50 am
> > . . . I don't run special low rolling resistance tires.
> > Besides the higher initial cost they wouldn't work in the snow.
> Sumitomo T4s are rated as low rolling resistance tires and what our
> local Toyota Service Centers sell as replacements for the OEM tires.
> At Tire Rack, they have been one of the more affordable tires although
> last week I learned they had gone from $0/tire I first paid to $6/
> tire. I've been pretty happy with them in North Alabama.
> > . . .So I
> > would either have to pay to have tires remounted twice a year, or buy
> > a second set of rims. I doubt I would break even either way.
> Winter tires have more to do with superior winter grip and safety more
> than economics. I"ve never lived far enough North to consider them a
> realistic option. Most of the time, snow storms shutdown the whole
> area and we all take a 'snow day.' But if I lived in areas where snow
> is considered 'part of the climate,' I'd probably have a set on steel
> rims and swap them in the fall and spring.
> Bob Wilson
Thank you for the info. The tread looks open enough to make them a
reasonable all season tire. They say it can handle light snow.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR=
+T4&partnum=765TR4HTRT4&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes
The tires I am running are a bit more open but not much.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=135&Cookie=froogle&details=
=Ordern&typ=R-176092&ranzahl=4&nichtweiter=1
It would be interesting to know how much difference they give in mpg.
In this comparison of 4 tires at Tire Rack the difference between the
best and worst was 1.44% or less than 1 mpg for a 56 mpg Prius.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on January 28, 2011, 11:49 am
In article
> > Meanwhile, you take the driving public hostage to your foolish
> > experimentation. Your insurance carrier will no doubt appreciate this
> > behavioral insight for rating purposes.
>
> Meanwhile you amuse this group by posting with your head up your ass.
Usually, a post like yours is the result of someone shoving the truth up
your ass until you realize it.
> > > Again, you're leaping to huge conclusions based on how you wish the
> > > world worked--without any actual facts at your disposal.
> > And again you are spewing BS.
> Then you say:
> > > "justify their cost"? To WHOM?
> > To me.
> And any cost you impose on the rest of the world, you don't care about.
> Got it.