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Replying to: ilmbg (Jan 13, 2009 6:07 pm) After getting stuck next to a semi hauling hogs I have to agree with you.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 13, 2009 6:19 pm) Years back we were going out to eat cross town. Got stuck behind a hog semitrailer, the one with multiple levels, on I75. There was a drizzling rain that day. The mist and spray with hog manure washed off the trailer into the spray behind it. Then it ended up coating the air intake for the heater at the front of the windshield. So we smelled hog the rest of the way to the restaurant and back home. It took a spray-it-yourself car wash and a several days for the scent to disappear.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 13, 2009 7:18 pm) 
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 13, 2009 7:18 pm)  You guys better stop !! You are going to make me look at pork products in a different light !  I have been break in two new sets of tires. It was time to change out an oem set with 112,000 miles. It was a catch 22 situation as the set is going on its 6/7 year, yet still serviceable, but I had bought a set (times ticking off the 6 years on it) because most folks having that oem tire said they got 50,000 miles TOPS out of them. Anyhow since I bought them before the 30% price rise, they are not a bad deal. To the point of the topic of the thread, I have been taking to the roads in the SLOW lane doing the 300 miles to 600 miles break in gig. Tis a brave new world doing 40-55 miles per hour on highways where even the highway patrol doesn't ticket  80-90 mph. I do have to say most see me coming up fast and pass. So in that sense, going this slow is a pretty cool experience, once you get past the fact that literally EVERYONE is going by and passing you. For my .02 cents compared to watching paint dry, breaking in tires is soooooooooooooooooo slow as to making watching paint dry an adrenaline sport !
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 16, 2009 5:39 am)
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Replying to: xwesx (Jan 16, 2009 8:20 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 16, 2009 8:36 am) Breaking In Your Tires
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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 16, 2009 8:47 am)  For folks who like to cut to the chase Steve's www.tirerack.com link lists A-Z a min of 35 related subject articles !!!! Since I have not read ALL those articles and sub linked articles elaborating on the sublinks.... , to use an old flint lock musket analogy: I hope I am not going off half cocked? Wonder if they have an article on how to get more than 112,000 miles on an el cheapo oem tire set??.... So in light of that link what was XWESX originally asking?? 
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 16, 2009 8:55 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 16, 2009 9:14 am) Day I got tires installed it rained as I was leaving tire dealer. We had had recent rains in area, so streets were pretty clean of oil residue. Within one block of leaving tire dealer, I realized something goofy about tires in traction giving very dangerous handling, stopping. Apparently, oils used in manufacturing process were on the tires. Drove home very carefully, then waited till next day (dry) to drive it again. When next rain came some days later, there was no problem in traction in that lots of dry driving, heat generated, etc, got rid of oil. |
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