AMA over! Sitting in the guest area of the local tire shop...

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 06/14/2019 at 09:11 • Filed to: None

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UPDATE: It was a small nail, patched for $25 and I'm back on the road!

Getting the front right looked at...slow puncture in the last few days. Of course, just after I had too get the valve stem replaced in the same wheel. Just watch the tire be non-repairable.

Brief AMA over! :) Thanks all who participated! :D

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:20

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when are you going to replace humdrum?

For Sweden > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:21

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Does the waiting room have a popcorn machine?

sony1492 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:23

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Free coffee or no deal

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:23

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Do you really feel like a “guest”, or like a penitent in Tire Purgatory where all your tire sins will come out and be examined?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > For Sweden 06/14/2019 at 09:24

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Nope, just a near empty pair of Gumball machines with jelly beans in one and chocolate coated peanuts in the other!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:24

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Is that a former “firestone” tire shop?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/14/2019 at 09:28

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No idea! For 157,000kms, she’s really still in decent shape overall. I’ve got an appointment coming to get a little rust sorted out from our salty winter roads , but otherwise she’s mechanically sound with no rust anywhere else. Hoping to get another year or two yet I imagine!

Arrivederci > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:30

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If you go lick all the Michelins they have, do they become yours?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > sony1492 06/14/2019 at 09:30

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There is a Keurig machine with free co ffee, yes, but I do not drink coffee, so not important to me!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/14/2019 at 09:32

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Somewhere in between...? I have let the rear tires get pretty worn (not unsafe though), but nobody has said anything yet! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Arrivederci 06/14/2019 at 09:33

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I could try...?

facw > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:33

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Hows the music? Last time I was in a tire shop, they were playing really low-quality covers of popular music, and it was strangely disconcerting. I finally understood why my company’s retail people were so happy when we switched from covers to properly licensed original artist music.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/14/2019 at 09:34

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Could be...? They sell Firestone. It's the GCR Tire in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada.

jimz > For Sweden 06/14/2019 at 09:37

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man, the smells of popcorn and new tires sounds like it would be nauseating. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > facw 06/14/2019 at 09:38

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Just the local Country radio s tation ...not my style of music, personally, bu t could be worse!

jimz > facw 06/14/2019 at 09:39

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:42

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I do not drink coffee

Whaaaaaaat? I thought it was mandatory for those in the teaching profession

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 06/14/2019 at 09:44

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I actually I h ate coffee and only marginally like tea (very marginally...). As unhealthy as it is, hot chocolate is my warm drink of choice! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > jimz 06/14/2019 at 09:45

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Not too loud actually! :P

Future next gen S2000 owner > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 09:53

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Will you lick some of the new tires and report back on the taste differences between various tire categories? Does an all season car tire taste the same as an off-road tire?

sony1492 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/14/2019 at 10:20

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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Future next gen S2000 owner 06/14/2019 at 12:28

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Sadly, I did not have a chance to lick them, but can confirm the different stacks do seem to smell slightly different? :P