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Summer tires/wheels in the summer and most of the spring and fall. Much better than All Seasons.
Winter tires/wheels in the winter and some of the late fall and early spring. Much better than All Seasons.

 

You getting snow today too ?

 

I love obsessing about which tires will be
next when the current ones wear out.
My current summer Pilot Sport 4S ones will
be a tough act to follow, so will get them
again unless they stop making them in my
size or if something even better comes
along a couple/few years from now.

 

I’ve have Ice-x xi3 s on both our cars, as
well as my previous MINI, after having
Blizzard, Yokos, and other winter tires
including studded in years past.
The Michelins are almost as good in
snow and ice as the Blizzaks but
significantly better on dry cold roads.

 

Yeah ABC said we would only getting a dusting to an inch. We got at least 5 inches so acourding to ABC I am hung like a horse.

 

Yesterday I was forced into one of those plastic white road barriers by a semi who needed to get over real quick. It sounded WAY worse than it looks. Not too much damage, and with some of Dave.0's wet sanding and polishing tips I got all the scuffs and rubs out and it's nice and shiny, but it looks a tad wrinkly with a nice crease along the bottom edge of the door. Instead of going thru insurance and all that crap I ordered a Clubby door (thumb below) from ebay for $400 shipped. It's complete minus the mirror and door trim. So, it was an eventful ride home but with the traffic flying around I decided to stay on the road. I did make sure to let the truck driver know I wasn't happy with his driving practices and went on with my day.

 

I wish you continued good luck. Wildfires & earthquakes you can have it.

 

Wayland informed me that the doors are the same.

 

He does it so he can feel normal. (hehehehehe )

 

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Wouda, coulda, shouda! They look great!

 

Do you selectively spray spots or just the whole underneath area ??

 

The Good Year name doesn't pack as much punch as it used to. I've not yet had a set of them on any car I've owned. I used to just buy OE tires. Now that I actually care I go straight to ratings and reviews.
On the snow tire thing, I had a 91 Vandura 1500 RWD. It was a hollow box and my sister actually spun around in an intersection one winter and never drove it again so I bought it. Threw some mid grad snows on and 300 lbs of sand bags, 150 at each wheel and I could go up a steep grade, stop, and keep climbing the hill with 0 struggles. I wish I still lived in a snowy area just so I could drive on some snow tires. Bet a MINI is a blast on some good ones.

 

Which Michelins?

 

Limped it into the dealer, 3rd time it's blown up this year. Anyone want to buy it?

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My poor MINI is in DFW Airport parking, yet again. But, as usual, it is covered parking.

I spent the day in Wyoming. It is one of the few states I've never been to before. I'm not in a hurry to go back. Cold, windy as s--t, and not particularly nice to look at, at least what I saw and the time of year. I live in Texas, and the number of mobile homes and tumbleweeds seemed a bit excessive to me.

I did see a MINI-E on the highway from the Denver Airport to Fort Collins. I didn't think those were available here. But there it was.

CD

 

It's an N14.....

 

I think you've just been lucky then it is not a good engine. Burned up valve at the beginning of the year, dealer rebuilt the head then a few weeks later same thing happened. Sounds like the same thing and worse just happened, should know something today. one cylinder is completely dead and the three others have low compression.

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