[Shotimes] The Bullet I Dodged Almost Got Me From Behind.....or....Man, Am I Gonna Get Yelled At!

[Rick Glass]

I've had pretty good luck with Firestone and Bridgestone tires of varies
makes.....have never had a set of BFG's.
I hate Goodyears more than I do the Michelines...they really suck.

The best tires I ever ran on my '94 came from Pep Boys...they were the Futura
GTX....got about 32k on them, I also had a decent set of Avia
somethings..don't remember what they were...seems like I got close to 30k on
them.

But, I don't drive my car like an 80 year old on Sunday.....I run it like I'm
at the track every time I get in it.

Maybe that's why some people have more mechanical trouble (tranny's,
suspension) than others do, they baby their SHO 95% of the time, then give it
hell occasionally, there is no conditioning for that, my car is conditioned to
run hard because that's how I run it, it actually runs like crap if I try to
take it easy.


Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 44k
   Flowmaster 40's
   no "pre-muff"/no resonator
   still not Kirk'd
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: DAVE
  To: Rick Glass ; shotimes@autox.team.net
  Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 3:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [Shotimes] The Bullet I Dodged Almost Got Me From
Behind.....or....Man, Am I Gonna Get Yelled At!


  This is pretty interesting. I've had Michelin Tires on a truck brand new
truck and brand new tires all 4 balder then hell in 12,000 miles. I had a set
of Pilot's on another car 4 tires balder then hell in about 15,000 miles.
Maybe this a regional thing. I'm in Michigan Rick is in Tenn. George got good
mileage out of them in Cal. I've got a good friend in AZ and he can't get more
then 12k out of a set of BFG's and I use BFG's pretty much on everything I
own. and get good tire wear. I'll have to let you know how the Comp TA Touring
HR4's I put on the 90 do. As for Firestones and Goodyears they can stick those
right up.. well you get the idea.
  Dave

  Rick Glass <rick@pitroadproducts.com> wrote:
    The '99 is currently running on a set of Micheline Pilot XGT Z4's...this
is
    what was on it when I bought it, they looked brand new (didn't find a
    receipt though)....that was 13k ago and I'm gonna need a new set of
    something pretty soon, might push it to 18 or 20k, but I doubt they will
    make it.

    The '93 I had was also running a Micheline Pilot, but I can't remember
the
    exact spec....the guy I sold it to is going to have to put tires on it
soon,
    that set might have 15k on them.

    I can't remember what the other Micheline was I had, they were on
something
    I bought, right now I can't even remember what it was. I just remember
    hating the tires....I think they were on a Taxicab I had a few years
ago....


    Rick Glass
    Nashville, TN
    SESHOC
    '99 Silver 43k
    Flowmaster Original 40's
    3rd cat/resonator removed
    still not Kirk'd
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Neno"
    To: "'Rick Glass'" ;
    Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:49 PM
    Subject: RE: [Shotimes] The Bullet I Dodged Almost Got Me From
    Behind.....or....Man, Am I Gonna Get Yelled At!


    > You don't want a performance tire to last a long time. If you're
forking
    out
    > cash for a serious performance tire, then you'll have to treat it and
    > replace it like a serious performance tire. Dull and dry rubber isn't
key
    to
    > performing better and you must realize that with a Michelin, which they
    take
    > serious. This is just from personal experience, so feel free to shoot
back
    > out at me and yell at me! :) heheh... BTW Rick, what Michelins were you
    > running?
    >
    > George, you have the luck of a CHAMP! I'm sure that would've been a
very
    > messy situation if you were still crackin at that throttle man. Glad
you
    > weren't, as, I'm sure, you are!!! Tell me what you think of those
Pilot's,
    I
    > personally thought they were very sexy corner-ripping tires.
    >
    > Neno
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
    > On Behalf Of Rick Glass
    > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:40 AM
    > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
    > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] The Bullet I Dodged Almost Got Me From
    > Behind.....or....Man, Am I Gonna Get Yelled At!
    >
    > Michelin's suck....at least the 3 sets I have had did....
    > 20k is actually pretty good, I never got more than 17k on them....
    >
    >
    > Rick Glass
    > Nashville, TN
    > SESHOC
    > '99 Silver 43k
    > Flowmaster Original 40's
    > 3rd cat/resonator removed
    > still not Kirk'd
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