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On Nov 23, 2007 6:30 PM, C Boyko <roccit53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, thought I'd share. I have the best luck. So I recently got 8
> snow tires, a set of 13s and a set of 16s. The 13" stuff's usually
> straighforward to mount, and I rushed around in the miserable early
> morning hours to scratch up a somewhat respectible set of
> claws/tarantulas and loaded them out of the bug for the school shop to
> mount and balance. They do this often, and it's never been an issue.
> Well, I guess it IS possible to rip a 2" gash in the sidewall on the
> machine. Of course it was one of the new tires, and I'll have an hour
> drive to get its replacement.


WTF?!?  You can practically mount tires on 13" wheels with your bare
hands!  That sucks...  Let me know if you want me to hook up with Mike
and pick up the replacement tire for you.  I can deliver your engine
mounts at the same time...


>So I had my 16s done by a shop I deal
> with a lot (not trusting the school with my alloys), and they seemed
> more squirrelly than I remembered my previous new snows being. Well,
> they're directionals, and the backs were put on wrong. No biggie, but
> annoying.


WTF?!?  #2...  The tread pattern on RSi's are basically huge arrows.
How the hell can a tire guy not see that...  The world is full on
morons...


>On a humourous stupid student side note, seems it's not a
> good idea to light up a joint on the school bus if the bus driver
> knows how to get to the cop shop...(my kids are so friggin'  brilliant
> sometimes)


WTF?!?  #3...  It's kids like that that give us cannabis aficionados a
bad rap...  ;)  Bet that won't happen again...

Later,

Mark.
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