From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 12/24/2021 1:28, The Real Bev wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   No shop wanted to align my "old" 1983 F-150 either.  I finally found one   
   that was willing to do it, but only one part of the alignment... either   
   toe or camber they could not do, I don't remember which.  Oh well, they   
   only charged me $20 because of that, and the truck did drive a little   
   bit more straight after that.  Probably needed new front end parts.   
      
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