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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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Most I've ever got out of a set of tires in my life was 36k out of the OEM 18" Bridgestone Duellers. I thought that was pretty good!

 

 

Holy crap, Sarah - pricey! Bigger tires, more rubber, more money, I figure. Look great on that, though.

 

 

I like that one too Chris. I was leaving that tire in my cart for a while, thinking I'd buy them in the spring ... then I started looking at all the other ones. Too many choices, lol. Mental overload ...

 

I just put a set of True Contacts on the Volvo. Night and day handling difference over the Sumitomos I had bought for it 3 weeks earlier. The handling was frightening ... but I drive a bit on the aggressive side you could say. The True Contacts lived up to their high ratings on the Rack - 200% improvement in handling, and it made the car feel like I threw Bilsteins on under there. What a transformation.

 

Amazing what another $100 per tire does in the 15" market.

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1500 in tires [emoji12] [emoji15]

 

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Looks good!

 

 

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1500 in tires [emoji12] [emoji15]

 

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Step up the game Sarah, 1800 in tires. Sadly, that I no longer own [emoji17]

 

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NEFisher11 Enthusiast

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Just bought a set of continental true contacts today for the wife's equinox hopefully they live up too the reviews on the rack.

Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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CJ, I'd be thrown in jail for just posting that pic here in communist MA ... :lol:

 

 

 

NE Fisher - the True Contacts on the Volvo absolutely did. Different animal, different size (another reason I take reviews with a grain of salt - too many variables), but on our Volvo in 195/60-15 they are AWESOME.

 

 

I spent ALOT of time on the Rack today comparing 3-season tires for the Silverado (275/55-20), using my Bridgestone Dueller H/L Alenzas as a benchmark. I decided against the sport truck summer only tires, as it looks like ride quality will suffer. Even with Bilsteins, the ride quality of my Silverado ain't nothin to write home about. After HOURS of reading I had it narrowed down between the new Alenza Plus, the Conti Cross Contacts, and the Michelin LTX M/S2.

 

The Michelins are the highest rated, and after painfully reading through reviews like "Really bad in snow!" and " I went to a lower profile tire size, and these ride terrible!", I found the general consensus on them to be pretty good. Damn things are pricey, so they'd better be. Looking at close to 9 bills for a set of 4 shipped. Going to wait until spring to order those. Then I can try and sell my Alenzas that still have 7/32nds tread depth after 30k miles. That's pretty impressive. I could still probably get another couple years out of these I bet, but after 5 years I can feel the compound hardening. Likes to spin a lot more in the rain now.

 

We'll see if anyone buys used 20's - I'm doubting that, so I'll have to offer free mount/balance and offer the set REAL cheap.

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Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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Spins easily on wet grass. LOL, favorite review.

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The Michelins are the highest rated, and after painfully reading through reviews like "Really bad in snow!" and " I went to a lower profile tire size, and these ride terrible!", I found the general consensus on them to be pretty good. Damn things are pricey, so they'd better be. Looking at close to 9 bills for a set of 4 shipped.

 

Had the original LTX's on a dually & an old co 2wd F150 years old. Never had an issue in winter with traction & they last forever.

Not sure how much they changed to justify the LTX m/s2 logo. Tread pattern seems similar, maybe they changed the compound?

Pretty sure it will be what I put on mine when the factory GY's are gone. Which won't be long I'm sure.

NEFisher11 Enthusiast

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I just put ms2s on my truck 2 months ago (painful buying tires for me and the wife) so far I have to they have been great truck drives much better with them. Will have to see how they are this winter.

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I just put ms2s on my truck 2 months ago (painful buying tires for me and the wife) so far I have to they have been great truck drives much better with them. Will have to see how they are this winter.

 

I hate buying tires, it really hurts when both trucks and cars need tires around the same time. They are far too expensive anymore. Winter is coming and I will be needing tires for my Cruze. I get off easy this time because both trucks and here vehicles are good for the winter.

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Well, reading through the LX20 reviews and they are quite a few prior to 2014 that had what seemed to be bad belts. Wonder if it's fixed or its still going on any people stopped complaining. Can't find anything from the last 12 months. They have a 60 day guarantee it seems.

 

 

Another thing......a guy in a 2010 suburban got like 65k miles out of them, good sign probably the same tire.

 

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Reporting Much lower Treadwear rating number and much lower real world life(under 30k miles). I checked and my size has the max treadwear rating they advertise.

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I hate buying tires, it really hurts when both trucks and cars need tires around the same time. They are far too expensive anymore. Winter is coming and I will be needing tires for my Cruze. I get off easy this time because both trucks and here vehicles are good for the winter.

Compared to an ammo purchase I recently made, tires seem cheap now. They last for years and years. Can blow through $500 in ammo in a few hours!

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I built custom fog lights today with led spotlights lol full build is in my build thread

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