"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb)
11/10/2020 at 08:27 • Filed to: Maintenance Monday
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"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb)
11/10/2020 at 08:27 • Filed to: Maintenance Monday | 3
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Shit pic, but off with the 18's and on go the 17's
One more day of 70 degree weather here means last chance to swap the tires out without freezing my knuckles off. And on they go!
I always record my milage when I do basic maintenance and stuff like this, and it turns out I’ve driven almost exactly 10,000 miles on this car since this time last year, and only 4k this summer. This is an insanely low milage for me, even with driving the Corvette sometimes in the summer.
Parts cannon was also fired on a full new set of plugs, coils, and air filters. It’s only been about 15k miles since I did new plugs last, so I may just save those for later but my coil packs have been failing one-by-one so I think I’m going to swap all those out before I develop a misfire in mid-february and have to swap one out in polar vortex temps.
Milky
> stuckMTB
11/10/2020 at 10:08 |
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Same, the white sparcos went back on Saturday. Rather do it now then when its freezing around thanksgiving.
Side note, have you been to Castalia? Next door to your picture, lovely place and owners, c ant wait to go back post covid.
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stuckMTB
> Milky
11/10/2020 at 10:33 |
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Yeah, last year I waited too long and got nearly stuck twice
trying to drive into work the day of that early November snowstorm. Guess when I realized that my rear tires were almost completely worn out? That day of course!
Re: Castalia
, that place is incredible. One of the co-owners (Kevin) is a former GM engineer who said ‘f-it’ one day and went to go chase his incredibly-scented dream. They’re amazing and definitely one of our favorite go-to spots. Always a great time there.
mhr555
> stuckMTB
11/10/2020 at 10:35 |
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We here in the SE MI area look to have about a week of this fantastic weather before it goes south. I’ll have to do the same for both my wife’s Fiesta ST and my Focus RS.
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mhr555
> stuckMTB
11/10/2020 at 10:59 |
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hahaha...I just noticed you were in Detroit. You changed your tires in the street? Next time, LMK you can use my garage in Dearborn.
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Milky
> stuckMTB
11/10/2020 at 11:48 |
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T ried to forget about it but I actually got stuck in front of the house and a neighbor helped push me. Felt stupid because I was too lazy to put the tires on before. Anywho, yea Kevin is really nice. I like to give that place a shout out when possible, they’re the kind of small business you want to succeed.
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stuckMTB
> Milky
11/10/2020 at 12:34 |
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Yeah, absolutely. We’ll be stocking up on his cocktail cubes periodically to get through the winter until they can reopen again when the weather gets better.
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stuckMTB
> mhr555
11/10/2020 at 12:35 |
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I appreciate the offer, but for a simple tire swap the street ain’t too bad. Shoutout to the bike lane for giving me a little buffer to traffic :)
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stuckMTB
> mhr555
11/10/2020 at 17:17 |
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I applaud your stable of Fast Fo rds!