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Seattle, and I'm not worried about the ability to "handle" anything, as I learned to drive in a michigan winter... snow is never challenging for me. What I AM concerned about is legality for when I (frequently) go skiing or climbing or backpacking in the mountains.

Snow tires are much softer in general than summer tires. The new tires will not feel harsher.

OK, I am moving to WA where they require chains many times throughout the winter when in mountainous areas. To that end, it's time to get some chains. I do already have dedicated winter tires on 16" alloys but I'm curious to hear people's experience with chains/cables. The main problem I have...

oh yeah, car had ~31,000mi on it. Problem started I think around 26,000.

You're right... I'll just create a new thread anytime some minor thing pops into my head.

Guys, I bumped because I was adding feedback to this old thread... read the post dates, people.

I noticed the car had started making a wheel-speed sensitive thnnn thnnn thnnn sound back in the winter and pretty much only when cornering right. I assumed it was some weirdness with my winter tires and hoped it would go away once I put my summers on... It didn't. I took it in to Browns...

People like this probably have an alignment problem causing premature wear.

that ought to take care of it

Just sounds like an annoying radar detector to me. ok ok just kidding... that squeak is the sound of cold hard rubber sliding on metal. Most likely the swaybar bushings.

what's interesting on that graph is that where they put the measurements showing the 25hp increase is neither the power peak NOR the peak gain. If you look at roughly 6000rpm, that appears to be nearly a 40hp gain, about 30hp at 5700. THAT is what makes me skeptical about this dyno run. As...

i voted yes AND no. On my winters, I didn't get the TPMS modules. On my RX8 wheels, I will be using the TPMS modules.

Look, your situation is not typical. Just because one or two others have had it happen doesn't mean they all do. Mine never makes the slightest sound. Plain and simple you either have a bushing that is not fully tightened (and thus it is slipping instead of flexing) or you have a bushing...

mine doesn't do this at all. It very well could be interference between the brake caliper and the inside of the steel wheel. You realize of course (at least i hope you do) that things flex and that metal contracts when it's cold... so the combination of very cold air and a little flex in the...

hmmm why would a damn iPOD interface need to have CAN bus? Are they recording what music you're listening to when you crash so they can deny coverage if you're listening to like, StaticX or Slayer?

yep, same wheels as me :) what tires did you go for?

put my winters back on today... cold temps for the forseeable forecast with occasional dustings of snow... and ski season starts next week!

just to state the obvious but you rotated the lug key on the lug throu all possible orientations, right? They usually only fit one way and sometimes they are kind of a tough fit. If it absolutely won't work, you can try one of the emergency lug remover tools or one of those locking-lug remover...

205/55R16 is about 0.7 inches too small in diameter. It will make your speedometer read high and run up the mileage on your odometer prematurely. the Revo1 has tiny carbide particles in the rubber mixture that are supposed to help it grip on wet ice better than just rubber. It also has a...

THEN YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND: that a hood on a roadgoing automobile is SUPPOSED to bend! They use very low carbon steels for a reason.