What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[Suprgnat]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

I can't get over how nice it is to be on good tires again!

I'm working on extending my driving season. Saving up for a summer set of wheels and tires, MPSC2, relegating the current MPSS set-up to "three-season" duty. California Love. F' the haters.

[HyeWarrior]

Speaking of center caps. Apparently BMW sells floating caps now lol, Rolls Royce style

[tock172]

Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Speaking of center caps. Apparently BMW sells floating caps now lol, Rolls Royce style

Yes, but I don't believe they'll fit our cars.

[Matticus91]

Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Speaking of center caps. Apparently BMW sells floating caps now lol, Rolls Royce style

I've seen these at the dealerships

Originally Posted by tock172

Yes, but I don't believe they'll fit our cars.

GOOD lol

[duder13]

Got the call from the dealer that my recent issue was, as I assumed, a bad water pump/thermometer.

Wow, my car is being quite stereotypical and all the famous things are failing. I’m at 43K miles, and, in the last year I’ve replaced my charge pipe, OFHG and water pump. I should have them put in a new HPFP, just to be safe. lol At least I got my money’s worth out of my extended warranty in only a year.

[iminhell1]

Dropped car off for airbag recall finally.

So the rental,

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Suprgnat

I'm working on extending my driving season. Saving up for a summer set of wheels and tires, MPSC2, relegating the current MPSS set-up to "three-season" duty. California Love. F' the haters.

That's one of the many nice things I like about living in SoCal; summer tires all year long.

[Suprgnat]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That's one of the many nice things I like about living in SoCal; summer tires all year long.

I may get a set of Nokian WR G4s to throw on the stock 207Ms for those 1 or 2 weeks a year during the holidays when I drive up to Washington to visit my folks, though.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Suprgnat

I may get a set of Nokian WR G4s to throw on the stock 207Ms for those 1 or 2 weeks a year during the holidays when I drive up to Washington to visit my folks, though.

My daughter has a Tahoe that I borrow for occasions like that when the summer tires just won't do.

[Suprgnat]

Originally Posted by Esteban

My daughter has a Tahoe that I borrow for occasions like that when the summer tires just won't do.

Probably a better choice.

[1and1]

So, every other weekend or so I give the tires a feel just to be sure nothing is horribly amiss. For some time now I've been telling myself the inside edge couldn't be that bad.... Last weekend while checking out my boost leak I had the opportunity to get close and personal with the inner edges of my front tires.

Yeah, the toe is whacked like kicking a table leg in the middle of the night...

So, gonna run a string and get a measurement this weekend.

Starting a pool- pick your number, I'll post what I find and let's see who's closest... Zero (0) total toe is my target good number, I'm really curious just how far off it is.

Dinan Camber Plates and Eibach springs, along with 10 years of no alignment.

[duder13]

Originally Posted by Esteban

My daughter has a Tahoe that I borrow for occasions like that when the summer tires just won't do.

Yeah, that's why I'd struggle with only summer tires. I could almost get away with it if I only stayed around Portland, but I like taking my car into the mountains too much, and it falls below 40 degrees pretty quickly up there.

I used to only run summers when I lived in LA, but I think I'd probably run A/S 3+ tires part of there year there now, too, because of mountain driving.

[1and1]

Originally Posted by duder13

...probably run A/S 3+ tires part of there year there now, too, because of mountain driving...

Have you ever run the Conti DWS? Curious how the two compare

[duder13]

Originally Posted by 1and1

Have you ever run the Conti DWS? Curious how the two compare

Hi. The only other ultra high performance all-season tires I've run are Yokohama Advan A/S on my 911, and, while I don't notice much difference in terms of bad weather traction, the Michelins are better in the dry (likely the case vs. the Contis, too.) The turn-in on the Advans wasn't nearly as good, although they were a bit quieter and cushier, IIRC.

It's really just a matter of priorities. The Michelins are at the farthest performance end for all-seasons and are the closest thing to summers, even beating out some summer tires in the dry, so they're going to be stiffer and noisier than the other all-seasons. I admittedly often forget they're not summers when driving, and I'd probably just run them all year if it wasn't for going to the track. Heck, they'd probably perform beyond my ability at the track, but I'd worry that chunking would eat through them quickly. They last much longer than summers on the street, though.

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by 1and1

Starting a pool- pick your number, I'll post what I find and let's see who's closest... Zero (0) total toe is my target good number, I'm really curious just how far off it is.

Dinan Camber Plates and Eibach springs, along with 10 years of no alignment.

War Games! (Right?)

Excessive inside edge wear...I'm gonna go for Toe-Out for 500pts, Alex.

"What is .5 degrees?"

FWIW, I put together an Excel spreadsheet for alignments. I'll link it here if you want. It has a built-in calculator for converting inches of toe/camber to degrees over diameter of the wheel, and space to log values.

[tjswarbrick]

Originally Posted by 1and1

Have you ever run the Conti DWS? Curious how the two compare

I loved the DWS on my C230. But they were still crap when the roads were truly treacherous.
(Looked like snow. Felt like ice. Managed to keep it together. Barely.)

[gjm120]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

War Games! (Right?)

Excessive inside edge wear...I'm gonna go for Toe-Out for 500pts, Alex.

"What is .5 degrees?"

FWIW, I put together an Excel spreadsheet for alignments. I'll link it here if you want. It has a built-in calculator for converting inches of toe/camber to degrees over diameter of the wheel, and space to log values.

I'd like that. I made one and want to check if I got it right.

[tjswarbrick]

Originally Posted by 1and1

So, every other weekend or so I give the tires a feel just to be sure nothing is horribly amiss. For some time now I've been telling myself the inside edge couldn't be that bad.... Last weekend while checking out my boost leak I had the opportunity to get close and personal with the inner edges of my front tires.

Yeah, the toe is whacked like kicking a table leg in the middle of the night...

So, gonna run a string and get a measurement this weekend.

Starting a pool- pick your number, I'll post what I find and let's see who's closest... Zero (0) total toe is my target good number, I'm really curious just how far off it is.

Dinan Camber Plates and Eibach springs, along with 10 years of no alignment.

I'll pick . 2.
Mine was pretty straight. But with the negative camber, inners were toast while outer edge was barely worn. To 20k miles, though. (MPSS.)

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by gjm120

I'd like that. I made one and want to check if I got it right.

Here you go:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19l8...ew?usp=sharing

It's relatively self-explanatory. PM me if you have any questions.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by duder13

Yeah, that's why I'd struggle with only summer tires. I could almost get away with it if I only stayed around Portland, but I like taking my car into the mountains too much, and it falls below 40 degrees pretty quickly up there.

I used to only run summers when I lived in LA, but I think I'd probably run A/S 3+ tires part of there year there now, too, because of mountain driving.

The Tahoe is a spare vehicle for my daughter and her husband and we use it on a regular basis to go to places like Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, etc. mostly in the winter, but really whenever we need it. It's 4WD and can handle pretty much anything we throw at it.

[1and1]

Originally Posted by chris_flies

Here you go:

Awesome- Thanks!

[duder13]

Originally Posted by Esteban

The Tahoe is a spare vehicle for my daughter and her husband and we use it on a regular basis to go to places like Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, etc. mostly in the winter, but really whenever we need it. It's 4WD and can handle pretty much anything we throw at it.

Yeah, I have a bizarre desire to take sports cars everywhere. I had a snowboard rack on my Cayman! lol