Comments on: Flat tire

By: nyxie

nyxie — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:12:15 +0000

Don’t skip coffee with Peter on my account, silly. :)

And… just *A* spare code? Hahahahaha.

By: fweebles

fweebles — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:31:52 +0000

*A* spare code?
Only one? ;)

By: gally99

gally99 — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:03:29 +0000

Dunlop
Toyo
Yokohama
Pirelli (more performance tires than all seasons…)

By: roy

roy — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:52:01 +0000

screw shaving a new tire, that’s a waste of money. buy a used one for now, then buy snow tires this winter.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:14:05 +0000

It's been a long enough (exam) week for Candice that I don't want to interrupt the usual weekend routine. Also I think I might minimize my driving this weekend. :-) We should grab one some weekday morning if you get up that early. Also, if you want an account on here, give me a shout, I've got a spare code.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:48:48 +0000

Trying to fly to work again were you :) Good thing you weren’t going the other way.

Feel like coffee at Bridgehead tomorrow morning?

Peter

By: gally99

gally99 — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:56:57 +0000

Like fweebles also mentioned, it depends on economics and the state of your current tires. If you’ve got decent tread left on your remaining tires, then just change the front two. If not, you might as well get new tires now.

I got the best price for tires from Gary’s Automotive, on Edgewater (Kanata, behind East Side Mario’s on Terry Fox). But it does depend on what kind of tires you’re looking to get.

By: acerbic

acerbic — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:20:05 +0000

I’m assuming winters are fairly bad there, and I know that if I were still living in NH, I’d opt for the last option. Good snow tires are wonderful things. Of course, that requires dumping out a significant amount more cash than just replacing your front two or even replacing all of them, but if you can spend the money, yummy snow tires. And yummy performance tires, too.

I’d at least replace your front two, though.

By: fweebles

fweebles — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:38:21 +0000

Well, I suppose it boils down to economics: if you don’t want to (or can’t) spend the money on more than one tire, using a used or shaved tire isn’t going to kill you.

But come on, you’re driving a Saab. ;)
There’s not much point in driving the Saab if you’re not going to do right, ya know? I vote for both front tires at the least. I dunno how old your back tires are, if they’re more than a few (2 or 3?) years old and you feel like being spendy, go for all four, but that’s not strictly necessary.

Tire shops in the west end?
Hmmm….might have to think about that one, it’s been a while.

By: athena_51

athena_51 — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:07:11 +0000

I would replace the 2 front and, depending on the age of the others, maybe all.