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Re: Want Run-flat tires?? [sebring95] by rorr
Aug 05, 2005 (6:25 am)
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Replying to: sebring95 (Aug 05, 2005 5:29 am)

As the owner of a GTS, you paid WAAAAAAAY too much for 2 tires......
 
And how in the heck to you ruin 2 tires with 1 flat?
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Re: Want Run-flat tires?? [rorr] by dilbertzzz
Aug 05, 2005 (6:40 am)
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Replying to: rorr (Aug 05, 2005 6:25 am)

And how in the heck to you ruin 2 tires with 1 flat?
 
You don't ruin two tires. But, unless the ruined tire and it's vehicle/axle mate are brand spanking new, you do want to replace tires in pairs (if not entire sets, if you are in the habit of rotating tires). Otherwise, the mismatches are very hard on your suspension and dangerous for handling.
 
Also, to sebring95: It isn't so much a matter of getting attacked on the side of the road (though this is a legal concealed weapon state!). It's the fact that drivers too frequently ram into a car stopped at the side of the road. My theory is that this happens because we drive fast here and, when confronted with traffic slowing faster than expected (as they tend to do when a car is on the shoulder), drivers here are in the habit of veering toward the shoulder in an attempt to avoid rear-ending the car in front of them. As a result, they frequently slam into the before-that-point-unseen broken-down vehicle and/or people standing on the shoulder: out of the frying pan and into the fire, as it where.
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Re: Want Run-flat tires?? [rorr] by sebring95
Aug 05, 2005 (6:41 am)
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Replying to: rorr (Aug 05, 2005 6:25 am)

And how in the heck to you ruin 2 tires with 1 flat?
 
Because the tires were getting worn, we replaced them both so the tread would be even. Price didn't seem bad, tirerack prices were in the ballpark and I'm good friends with the tire shop guys so they always give me good prices. These were her summer tires/wheels, 17" something or another. Youngest boy just got an Acura type-S with some real low-pro 17's, probably be expensive, hopefully it doesn't burn tires as fast as the Celica does.
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Re: So many 05 Odyssey racalls making me nervous [mich_chow] by ichafat
Aug 05, 2005 (8:23 am)
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Replying to: mich_chow (Aug 04, 2005 1:35 pm)

I would say there is very little to worry about in the recalls. After all the first three recalls affected a grand total of 4373 vehicles. And this latest recall, which according to information I have seen, covers build dates from 7/6/4 to 3/7/5, is to fix something that will cause an airbag warning light to come on in the case of actual failure. In other words, it's not exactly in the same classification as the Exploder/Firestone rollovers of a few years back. In fact, most of the recalls affecting vehicles I have owned were relatively minor matters, for which there was no need to schedule a special trip to the dealer. Once, when Chrysler lost track of me after moving cross-country, my car had a recall repair automatically applied the next time it was at the dealer for service. Also, this number of recalls for a new model is not high. There have been at least 2 recalls for all previous Ody models in recent years.
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'05 Odyssey Inventory Levels by zebra5
Aug 05, 2005 (9:28 pm)
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For any of you Honda sales guys out there, can you share what kind of "days in inventory" figures you have for the '05 Odyssey (specific to EX-Ls if possible)? And for perspective, are these inventory levels any greater today than they were six months ago? And for greater perspective, do you know how this compares to other minivans out there, or maybe even Pilots? Thanks in advance.
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Re: '05 Odyssey Inventory Levels [zebra5] by hansienna
Aug 05, 2005 (9:32 pm)
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Replying to: zebra5 (Aug 05, 2005 9:28 pm)

NOT an Odyssey salesman but I know that most dealers have ZERO days inventory of 2005 Odysseys....and deposits for all their allotments of new 2006 Odysseys .
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Speaking of the recent Recall by ttarkington
Aug 05, 2005 (10:42 pm)
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Anyone hear Jay Leno last night? He said the recall was *because the drivers look like nerds* - hee hee. Does he not know these are SPORT Vans, not the MINI Vans of days gone by!
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Re: '05 Odyssey Inventory Levels [zebra5] by isellhondas
Aug 06, 2005 (6:16 am)
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Replying to: zebra5 (Aug 05, 2005 9:28 pm)

I think we might have one or two unsold Odysseys in stock right now. We have maybe a dozen incoming 2005's and probably half of these are pre-sold.
 
I don't pay a lot of attention to the competition. I do know there seem to be, as usual, a ton of Chrysler minivans sitting on lots as well as a pretty good supply of Siennas.
 
It's frustrating and I hope the situation improves.
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Re: So many 05 Odyssey racalls making me nervous [ichafat] by mich_chow
Aug 06, 2005 (8:58 am)
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Replying to: ichafat (Aug 05, 2005 8:23 am)

Thank you all for your thoughtful answers. Here is another piece of information that is very disturbing. I am not sure how to interpret, but according to JD Power, 2005 Odyssey has an overall rating of 2 star, which is their lowest . This is really shocking! JD Power gave a 5 star rating to 2004 Odyssey. What did Honda do to go to a 2 start from 5 star after (supposed to be) improving over 2004. I am not trying to find all the negative things about Odyssey, but wanted to share and get opinion from all of you. I am (hopefully) going to get my Odyssey next week!
 
Here is the website: http://www.jdpower.com/cc/auto/index.jsp
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Re: So many 05 Odyssey racalls making me nervous [mich_chow] by jipster
Aug 06, 2005 (9:09 am)
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Replying to: mich_chow (Aug 06, 2005 8:58 am)

That information is disturbing mich-chow. Did that information just become available? I recall reading that Ody scored 4 and 5 star on crash test ratings.
 
Perhaps JD Power sees the drivers side door flying open in a collision as more of a saftey issue than NHTSA does.It is a first year production model though...so maybe Honda can work the bugs out and get that crash rating back up to a 4 or 5.

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