"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
12/15/2016 at 19:56 • Filed to: None
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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
12/15/2016 at 19:56 • Filed to: None | 2
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Somewhere in the scrap electronics warehouse I call my house there is an envelope containing $200 that I was going to use to get a couple of new tires, figuring bald ones on the back wouldn’t be a big deal. But after a few days of tearing the place apart I couldn’t find it and grabbed some cash from the ATM and picked up a few used tires. Winter hasn’t really hit St Louis yet so snow isn’t yet an issue, but it quickly could become one if the forecasts are to be believed.
Nothing fancy, just a matched set of Firestone Affinias with about 60% tread left. The shop says that they should be good for 25K miles, which means about four years given my new shorter commute. $45 each, mounted and balanced, which sure beats all the extra charges and fees most tire places add on. This should buy me enough time to track down those 17s I want from the 2003-2008 Mazda6. Installation was quite interesting as it looked like a NASCAR pit stop - the car hovering on four jacks and multiple impact wrenches humming away. Given that it’s 20 degrees outside I can understand why they don’t want to spend much time outside.
dogisbadob
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
12/15/2016 at 20:44 |
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205/55-16, right?
Always an interesting question, used brand-name tires or cheap new tires? I hope they last as long as you need them to.
When you get the 17's, are you going to keep your 16's for winter tires?
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> dogisbadob
12/15/2016 at 20:55 |
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Yup - same size that used to be the front tires on Ferrari, Porsche, BMW M1s and similar exotica back in the day.
It was a tough call, but I’d rather have name brand tires. As long as they get me through winter I’ll be happy, and then I can think about replacements after tax refund time. These aren’t the greatest as I usually prefer AA rated tires (these are AB) but the treadwear rating is pretty high; they’re supposed to be good for 70K.
I didn’t think I’d miss the old Bridgestones, but these things are quite loud on the highway by comparison. I’m wondering if that’s a side effect of the high-mileage design or just because they’ve been sitting around for some time?
Oh, and the model is Affinity; I confused them with the name of a health insurance company, Affinia, that I deal with...