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      03-21-2011, 09:50 AM   #1
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Summer tires back on yet???

Anyone put there summer tires back on yet?
I swapped mine last week and its snowing this morning. Not a good sign here. what is up with this weather? Didn't we officaly change to spring sunday.?
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      03-21-2011, 10:37 AM   #2
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i've got mine on and drove the car all last week. i still have my winter car tho, so i'm not really a fair comparison
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This is the reason I went with high performance all seasons on my Zed......I don't want to have to worry about wet weather when it's still cold out and I'm not going to be auto-xing it (although I'd love to!)
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This is the reason I went with high performance all seasons on my Zed......I don't want to have to worry about wet weather when it's still cold out and I'm not going to be auto-xing it (although I'd love to!)
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haha as long as you're willing to pick up the repair if my subframe/diff mount cracks
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      03-21-2011, 01:39 PM   #7
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i've got mine on and drove the car all last week. i still have my winter car tho, so i'm not really a fair comparison
I have my winters tires on another set of rims so if i had to i could swap back. but dont' really want to go through the trouble for one day of snow.
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Never took the summers off... had a couple of hairy moments but nothing too bad.
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I never took mine off either. The car just sat all winter tho
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      03-21-2011, 06:48 PM   #10
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Bald Star Specs as snow tires ftw. W00t!!
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      03-21-2011, 07:08 PM   #11
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Not yet. Temps aren't up enough yet on a regular basis. I figure 2 - 4 weeks left still for me.
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I have my winters tires on another set of rims so if i had to i could swap back. but dont' really want to go through the trouble for one day of snow.
back with my old audi a4, i remember one year when i had to do that

outside, cuz i didn't have a garage

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I put them on on Thursday which was 75 degrees. Come today it's 34 and snowing...what the eff
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I put them on on Thursday which was 75 degrees. Come today it's 34 and snowing...what the eff
And to think there is more snow in the forcast this week. I hope it starts getting warm sometime soon. just want to open the windows and enjoy the drive.
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^I can't even remount my winters. I cracked one of my wheels last week
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^I can't even remount my winters. I cracked one of my wheels last week
That sucks. I need to have one of my wheels looked at. Hit a pot hole over the winter and think it might be bent. Its got a decent junk on the edge knocked out
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Just ordered some summers. Being installed April 1st. I was, however, riding the gixxer most of last week! Not in the snow, though...
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Rach, same here.. New tires coming, new helmet purchased, and new pilotis being broken in.
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Rach, same here.. New tires coming, new helmet purchased, and new pilotis being broken in.
+1, always love new shoes! Do the shoes and helmet match??
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What kinda tires did everyone get? Brokenvert, are you on LI?
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What kinda tires did everyone get? Brokenvert, are you on LI?
Yeah I am. and im finishing off my PS2s right now.
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