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

[DAVE]

I've got agree on that. But then again my wife and 8 year old daughter know that mantra around here Drive it like you stole it. Matter of fact that's air brushed on the back of my drag car.
Dave

Jason Hartberger <atanhartberger@mail.com> wrote:
I've run into the same problem; the previous owner drove the car like said
80 y/o on sunday all the time, and I... well, I don't. So needless to say,
I'm having some adjustment issues.

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Glass" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] The Bullet I Dodged Almost Got Me From
Behind.....or....Man, Am I Gonna Get Yelled At!


> 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 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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