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Old 06-28-2008, 10:05 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Whistler Pro-78 Radar Detector on a Road Trip

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^ Wow! That's a lot that's going on!
I know. It's stressful.

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First, best of luck on the job-hunt!
Thanks. Have one nibble of interest already, but it's rotating shift work and I don't know that I'd move to St Louis for THAT.

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Second - "used" winters.....can you cross-shop (tire sizing) for ones in the Subaru community? We've got a lot of people who really like winters, and typically see between 205/55/17, 215/50/17, 225/45/17, to 225/40/18 sizing.
I think I can get 17s on over my brakes, but I'd have to buy rims for that. and I believe that last size is what I have on my car now.

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But aside from treadwear/cost-effectiveness, I guess the other reason why I'd shy away from this would be "years"/cost-effectiveness. For a guy like me, for example, I may still have plenty of tread on the tires, as I don't drive that much, but the tires will have gone through three, or even four seasons' worth of use....and the compound may be "shot" by then....
Yeah, that's a given. I'd have to seriously look at them to be sure they were worth any money. They'd be a temporary solution anyway, just to get me through our tighter budgeting times.

I'd like to get snows on the wife's CX-9 too. It would be a BEAST in the snow with winter tires on. But that's a LOT of $$.
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