From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/22/2021 10:24 AM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 12/20/2021 23:49, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> On 12/20/2021 03:34 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Tires are not tires. Find a set you like, then keep buying them. Someday   
   >>> they will be discontinued and then you will have an adventure. Put   
   >>> that off   
   >>> as long as possible.   
   >>   
   >> Especially if you buy from the Cadillac dealer. The bastard sold my mom   
   >> a set of obsolete/discontinued Bridgestones for a premium price and then   
   >> refused to replace them when the bubbles formed, sending us to the   
   >> Bridgestone dealer -- who replaced them at no charge, which is what the   
   >> damn dealer should have done. Bastard went belly-up a few years later :-)   
   >>   
   >> Never had that trouble with any of the cheap tires I ever bought at Pep   
   >> Boys or America's/Discount Tire.   
   >>   
   >>> Specs are nice, but two tires with the same numbers on the website may   
   >>> feel totally different on your car.   
   >>   
   >> And a good alignment can make a world of difference too.   
   >   
   > Especially if your car is very out of line.  I had a set of very worn   
   > tires on a car, and I did not align it when I put new tires on.  I put   
   > off the alignment, even though it was pulling.  Long story short, I   
   > trashed the new front tires in short of 10,000 miles, and had to buy two   
   > new ones then got the alignment (first new tie rod ends).   
      
   It's a real bitch finding someone who can do a proper alignment on a   
   1970 Dodge pickup.  The race people (now out of business) said Sure we   
   can do it, but they didn't.  I found an old guy in a neighboring town   
   who did it by hand while I watched and chatted, and it was like a   
   miracle.  I could have even used a 4-turn steering wheel instead of the   
   7-turn-lock-to-lock original!   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
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