"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/23/2014 at 16:17 • Filed to: Snow tires | 3 | 13 |
Took advantage of our weekend warm-up to get the snow tires on my truck. Its been drizzling all day, but I managed to wedge just enough of my truck into the garage to stay dry while changing them.
I also put a battery tender on the Buick, covered it up, and put the rear wheels on dollies, so I could pivot the rear end a little out of the way.
Bring it winter, I'm ready.
Steve in Manhattan
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 16:25 | 0 |
Where do you live? We're expecting a ton of snow here this winter, at least that's what's predicted. My solution is a doorman building. Haven't had to shovel snow since the 90s. I am lazy.
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> Steve in Manhattan
11/23/2014 at 16:34 | 0 |
I live in the suburbs of Chicago. They're predicting another long and crappy winter here too.
We bought my wife an AWD vehicle yesterday. My truck is RWD, but with the snow tires I get around just fine. My dad garbage picked me a nice Toro snow blower that I got tuned up and ready last week. My next door neighbor has a big monster snow blower I can use if we really get bombed.
Steve in Manhattan
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 16:40 | 0 |
Which AWD?
And you will get it worse than we will. Much worse.
When I lived in Rockville MD guy across the street had a snow blower. I had just started shoveling (driveway would fit 3 cars end-to-end). Maybe 2 feet of snow on the ground. He came across the street and had it done in ... 1/2 an hour? You can bet they got an excellent bottle of my favorite wine (Montrachet) for Christmas. They moved in the spring, so it was back to the grind.
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> Steve in Manhattan
11/23/2014 at 16:48 | 0 |
We got a Soul Red Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring. Love it!
My driveway and my neighbor's are directly next to each other, so we always help each other out with the snow. They're a retired couple, and they're talking about moving in the next couple years, which makes me sad.
Steve in Manhattan
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 16:53 | 1 |
That is a nice-looking vehicle - the front end gawp I usually hate is restrained, almost Tesla-like. May it go many miles without incident.
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> Steve in Manhattan
11/23/2014 at 16:58 | 0 |
Thanks! I'm betting on things going well, I didn't buy an extendrd warranty :)
Steve in Manhattan
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 17:06 | 1 |
Extended warranty on my '87 300D came within 200 bucks of paying for itself, then the company went out of business. One detail - nearly $600 to fix a broken cruise control.
ly2v8-Brian
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 17:14 | 1 |
A RWD in the upper Midwest? Now we're talking. I do the same.
shop-teacher
> ly2v8-Brian
11/23/2014 at 17:52 | 1 |
We're a rare breed it seems.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 20:16 | 1 |
My old dakota was rwd. Chicago winters were so fun for those 3 years haha I bought used 16 in oem rims with a/t tires the morning of the snowpoclypse in 2011 and my now wife and a buddy and I swapped them onduring the early parts of that storm
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> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
11/23/2014 at 21:15 | 0 |
Nice! That winter was the first season I had snow tires for. The rims are work truck specials I picked up for $100 off Craigslist. I should plastidip them for next season. I'm thinking charcoal gray.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> shop-teacher
11/23/2014 at 21:21 | 0 |
I actually saw a Silverado today similar to yours with the work truck rims that he had painted black but left the center caps chrome. Actually looked pretty cool. Very cop car steelie-ish but it worked well
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> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
11/23/2014 at 21:30 | 1 |
Oh, I like that idea too. Thanks!