Re: Re: Tire Inflators
  By: jahmas to Kurt Weiske on Mon Feb 15 2016 05:03 pm

 ja> My wife has one that she leased and then bought when the lease was up. I
 ja> felt very uncomfortable with it when I first drove it. Actually it is the
 ja> only car that has ever distorted my vision when you combine my glasses Rx
 ja> with the curvature of the front windshield. 

I'm surprised I didn't run into that -- I've got progressive lenses.

 ja> with the curvature of the front windshield. It's too low for any kind of
 ja> snow but I did a tire search or tirerack and found her some all season
 ja> tires that had much better snow and slush grip than the OEM tires. 

It's too low for EVERYTHING. It bottoms out over everything, and cut a turn out
of a parking space with a curb to the side and SCRAPE! 

 ja> snow but I did a tire search or tirerack and found her some all season
 ja> tires that had much better snow and slush grip than the OEM tires. This
 ja> seems to be pretty much true of most OEM tires.

Mine came with bridgestone Ecopia EP20s, which got me about 41K miles. I bought
Michelin Defenders to replace them, and the handling improvement is like night
and day. And they're rated for 90K. I don't think I'll get that, but should get
better than 41K!

 ja> Prius is the VW beetle for the new millenium. When Toyota's stock went
 ja> down due to the accelerator pedal issue, I quickly bought stock in Toyota
 ja> and sat on it for a couple of years and made a nice little profit too :)

One of the checklists in my scheduled maintainance stops is "check driver's
side floor mats" and advise the customer not to double-up mats.

The Prius came with flimsy carpet mats. I bought those custom WeatherTech
rubber mats and love them -- I live near the beach and my car is always full of
sand!
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