Random pics (that you took) thread...

[Squareground3691]

That looks like something straight out of a nightmare! What exactly is it? A wolf?

Looks like a dang giant hyena

 

[Woodslasher]

Looks like a dang giant hyena

In Alabama? I haven't found a single damn thing that looks like that. Mebbe it's the Hound of the Baskervilles?

 

[CrystalRiver1]

In Alabama? I haven't found a single damn thing that looks like that. Mebbe it's the Hound of the Baskervilles?

Release ze hounds!

 

[CrystalRiver1]

That looks like something straight out of a nightmare! What exactly is it? A wolf?

Hmm...not fer sure. DOUBLE OO for his vittles...

 

[redline4]

 

[ajschainsaws]

Chit, I know guys who had Vanilla Ice on cassette.

those guys must have had relations over ere

 

[ajschainsaws]

I had Poison on cassette, just as bad. I thought I was real cool, cruising around in my '76 Datsun blasting the 80's hair rock.

JJ I feel your pain I had a 78 Datsun 180b with Alice cooper
and the last of the glam rock cassettes

 

[ajschainsaws]

In Alabama? I haven't found a single damn thing that looks like that. Mebbe it's the Hound of the Baskervilles?

na there only 15 miles from me , and that monster got too much fur

i think you need too get hold of wild bill , huckleberry and Willie so sort that out

 

[Wilhelm]

My cars summer tires, even though I rotate them every year front to rear/rear to front (NOT left to right/right to left!) the difference in wear between the tires is noticeable.


Random thought: I think I will get new summer tires next year/summer, these are on their fifth season and they felt slippy in the rain last summer.
I'll see how these will perform throughout this summer and go from there.

 

[JugHead27]

My cars summer tires, even though I rotate them every year front to rear/rear to front (NOT left to right/right to left!) the difference in wear between the tires is noticeable.
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Random thought: I think I will get new summer tires next year/summer, these are on their fifth season and they felt slippy in the rain last summer.
I'll see how these will perform throughout this summer and go from there.

When I rotate my tires I flip the 2 front onto the rear(front left will go rear right etc), and the rears just move forward no flip

 

[Steve]

My cars summer tires, even though I rotate them every year front to rear/rear to front (NOT left to right/right to left!) the difference in wear between the tires is noticeable.
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Random thought: I think I will get new summer tires next year/summer, these are on their fifth season and they felt slippy in the rain last summer.
I'll see how these will perform throughout this summer and go from there.

What kind of tire?

What kind of car?

How deep is the tread?

How many miles/kms traveled between rotations?

Alignment last checked or set?


You will have different wear patterns front to rear which is why you rotate them regularly. Usually the drive axle wears faster.

 

[Steve]

When I rotate my tires I flip the 2 front onto the rear(front left will go rear right etc), and the rears just move forward no flip

That is industry standard and the correct way to do it for non directional tires.

 

[redline4]

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

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Why you using the big truck for saw work Ed?

 

[redline4]

Why you using the big truck for saw work Ed?

I'm heading up north Saturday to Steve's.
That truck is nicer to drive than my plow truck.

 

[Wilhelm]

What kind of tire?

What kind of car?

How deep is the tread?

How many miles/kms traveled between rotations?

Alignment last checked or set?


You will have different wear patterns front to rear which is why you rotate them regularly. Usually the drive axle wears faster.

Lightweight sedan, about 1100kg empty mass, FWD, 86HP 4-cylinder 8-valve 1.6 liter atmospheric engine, 2004. Dacia Logan 1.6MPi.
Usually drives only me around, as such driver side is the loaded side.

The tires threads are still about 6mm.

Regarding total tire mileage I'd have to check my notes, but they are in use 6 months a year and I rotate them annually , I purchased them 2017.
I don't drive much, 3-4k Km annually, mostly town traffic.

They are Continentals, very soft and when they were new they held on to the tarmac phenomenally - they are starting to loose grip though.

My car gets an annual checkup at the Renault dealership, I have no clue whether alignment is being checked.

I have no problem purchasing new tires, I am on my 2nd summer and 3rd winter set since I bought my car.
I don't change tires when I wear them out, I change them when they loose their characteristics/grip.

 

[Wilhelm]

That is industry standard and the correct way to do it for non directional tires.

One can do that with most modern summer tires, but not winter tires which tend to be directional specific.

I just go front to rear, rear to front!

 

[Squareground3691]

Favorite spot in the house

 

[Steve]

Lightweight sedan, about 1100kg empty mass, FWD, 86HP 4-cylinder 8-valve 1.6 liter atmospheric engine, 2004. Dacia Logan 1.6MPi.
Usually drives only me around, as such driver side is the loaded side.

The tires threads are still about 6mm.

Regarding total tire mileage I'd have to check my notes, but they are in use 6 months a year and I rotate them annually , I purchased them 2017.
I don't drive much, 3-4k Km annually, mostly town traffic.

They are Continentals, very soft and when they were new they held on to the tarmac phenomenally - they are starting to loose grip though.

My car gets an annual checkup at the Renault dealership, I have no clue whether alignment is being checked.

I have no problem purchasing new tires, I am on my 2nd summer and 3rd winter set since I bought my car.
I don't change tires when I wear them out, I change them when they loose their characteristics/grip.

6mm is when tires start to loose wet traction on passenger vehicles. The older they get definitely magnifies the traction loss. I too replace my tires around 5mm. Small price to pay to keep everyone safer.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

6mm is when tires start to loose wet traction on passenger vehicles. The older they get definitely magnifies the traction loss. I too replace my tires around 5mm. Small price to pay to keep everyone safer.

In a move that can only have been designed to benefit the crash industry here, our legal tyre minimum is 1.5mm (1/16 ?) across 75% of the tyre. Of course, most take the limit as a target...

As an ex tyre guy, i'm with you Steve. Earlier is better. Your long lasting tyre isn't much good to you if you're spun off into a tree ay.