XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical   
   From: me@shawnritchie.com   
      
   On 1/10/2015 5:46 PM, Giftzwerg wrote:   
   > In article , me@shawnritchie.com says...   
   >   
   >> Question for you, related: how long did your original tires last on   
   >> yours? Do you do snow or just go all-seasons?   
   >   
   > I drove for 37 years in Vermont with all season tires.  In fact, when I   
   > was a kid, I drove around on tires that only had "traction" where the   
   > cord was showing through the rubber; the rest was smooth as a baby's   
   > ass.   
   >   
   > Last year, for the first time in my life, I bought studded snow / ice   
   > tires.  The road departments around here just don't clear and salt the   
   > roads properly anymore.   
   >   
   > I've got 33,550 miles on the thing, and I'm going to have to buy new   
   > summer tires (if spring ever comes this year).  The original tires   
   > probably have about 25,000 miles on them.  Two of them are already in   
   > the cast-off bin.  I can get some more miles out of the other two if I   
   > mount them on the rear axle.   
      
   Feh, figured it might be about time, this squares with where we're at.   
      
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