XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-20 07:50, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/19/25 06:48, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 19/12/2025 2:24 pm, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:07:00 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I just switch the front wheels to the rear, and the rear to the front,   
   >>>> at about 30000 Km, ⅓ of life. The front wheels get more worn out than   
   >>>> the rear, so I have to do that trick so that the four do last. The   
   >>>> mechanic doesn't like it, but I know my way of driving   
   >>>   
   >>> The Toyota maintenance schedule is to rotate the tires every 5000 miles.   
   >>> When I switch to studs in the winter I mark the LF, LR, RF, and RR tires   
   >>> and in the spring put the LF on the LR etc and call it good enough. I   
   >>> still don't get 90k km.   
   >>>   
   >> Back in the day, didn't they also suggest changing sides, i.e. LF -   
   >> RR, RR - LF, RF - LR, LR - RF??   
   >>   
   >> And, some how, you were supposed to throw the Spare Tyre into the mix   
   >> as well .... but now that you might not actually get a Spare Tyre,   
   >> just an Emergency Tyre...... ??   
   >   
   >    I don't think you can get anything ELSE these days   
   >    in USA. It's ALWAYS that hard little sub-tire in   
   >    a compartment in the trunk/boot. It's so stiff you   
   >    can't even tell if it's got pressure ... and really   
   >    that BARELY matters. They OUGHT to just make them   
   >    full of urea foam ... always 'inflated'.   
      
   My current car doesn't even have one. It has a can of some liquid which   
   you put inside the deflated tire with the air pump. I got a screw into   
   my front left wheel (I did not see it), tried the kit, the wheel   
   deflated again in half an hour. In the end I called the RACE (Royal   
   Automobile Club of Spain). A crane came, the chap found the screw,   
   marked the spot, removed it, and pushed with an awl a thread of soft   
   rubber into the hole. That allowed me to complete the trip, and had the   
   wheel properly repaired.   
      
   Then I tried to get a true spare tire for my car, but was told none   
   existed, so I had to get another kit.   
      
   First puncture in my life. Oh, had a completely wasted tire once: a   
   broken brick slashed a gap on the side, a 4 cm long at least. Had to buy   
   a new tire. But that car had a true spare tire.   
      
   Oh, once that tire was stolen. Had to go to the police station and fill   
   a form, so that the insurance paid for a percent of a new wheel.   
      
   That car saw a lot of garages...   
      
   >   
   >    A *few* SUVs/Jeeps have a special rack on the back   
   >    that'll fit FULL-sized spares. Alas, so exposed,   
   >    SOME punk will let out all the air or slash it  :-)   
   >   
   >    HAVE seen a very few mounts with a fiberglass/plastic   
   >    cover OVER the tire. Good idea - but does speak about   
   >    'human nature' eh ?   
   >   
   >    As for "rotating" ... yes, it IS the ideal thing.   
   >    However FEW do it ... too much expense or trouble.   
   >    In USA tires are not THAT damned expensive so, well,   
   >    you just wait until they show bald spots and then   
   >    replace with new.   
   >   
   >    Any good tire you can get in USA - Goodyear, Michelin,   
   >    Firestone, Cooper etc - can last a LONG LONG time.   
   >    Some people DO drive 100,000+ a year, but MOST don't   
   >    come near that. I'm old now, I go to the food and   
   >    convenience store. The tires will ROT before I   
   >    wear them out. Came into a car my mother owned when   
   >    she got too old/blind to drive. The (original) tires   
   >    were actually rotting because she never WENT more   
   >    than a few miles once a week.   
      
   Distances in my city are shorter, so I know some ladies that make do   
   with a motorized chair (electric). No parking needed :-)   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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