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04-12-2011, 09:05 PM | #1 |
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"Tried to kill myself"
My car started to make this abnormal noise several weeks ago. The noise occured more frequently when I sped up and disappeared when it came to complete stop. I was thinking maybe it's time to purchase the extended warranty and just dealer it. Fortunately, I didn't waste my money on that but this is what I found.
The inner edge of the tire was completely bald and the metal belt inside was rubbing the ground. The guy at Discount Tire told me I must be trying to kill myself by driving with this tire condition. Guys! Check your tires regularly and don't do something stupid like I did.
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04-12-2011, 10:03 PM | #3 |
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Falken 452 to match my rear.
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04-12-2011, 10:33 PM | #4 |
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Good choice on tires.
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04-12-2011, 11:53 PM | #6 |
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Yea how does that happen? Seems like your supposes to have at least a bit left on your tire (judging from the outer tread area)
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04-13-2011, 02:40 AM | #11 |
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shame on you george you know better! lol
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Yup, last alignment was done at firestone. I'm going to raise my car up a little bit and see if I can get more positive camber.
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yea i abuse my lifetime alignment bit too much... bleh how do you like V5 compare to V4? i still am hesitant to try...
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04-13-2011, 09:50 AM | #14 |
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Wait, you get lifetime alignment at Firestone?
So are they trustworthy? It is because of bad alignment that that happened to your tire George? Or just too much - camber? Glad you caught it before something else happened........
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04-13-2011, 11:17 AM | #15 |
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yea they have lifetime alignment service for like $150 so as long as you have the vehicle that's registered with, it's free. best $150 i ever spent for last 4 and a half years...
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not because of bad alignment I think. I have been running the Bridgestone RE960AS for three years and I think it is time for them to retire.
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04-13-2011, 06:04 PM | #17 |
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hm... maybe i should take a shotgun to see the difference. i got lost where shiv start using cruise control stalk to control million more things, not to mention you have to pay to get stuck with your own vin numbers or something... am i missing something here? oops sorry for getting out of topic...
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i guess my question is... is it really worth it? performance gains and changes from v4 to v5 doesn't look ground breaking like from v3 to v4, it's rather much more misc controls that i don't really need... i guess i gotta take a shotgun on your car to see someday...
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hahaha you live close enough to kent to make special weekend night to race against some civics. there are sometimes evo or sti...
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