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Old 03-10-2012, 08:41 PM
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Scrubbed, washed, waxed and mounted the summers. Ten day forecast shows no snow. Plus I am driving 2K miles to Arkansas and back at the end of the week and it will be 70°F weather - who wants to do that in snows. But then again my summers are all seasons any way so my risk is low.


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I also put on the decal that John had talked about - I ordered the RS emblem with the carbon fiber background. Here is a picture before I mounted the emblems:
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And here is what the wheels look like with the emblem
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Reggie,

The car is looking good and very clean.

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Thanks Steve,

Couple of weeks ago I did my first clay bar and wax on the car.
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why are your 'summer' tires all seasons?
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Reggie,

I still have your rims in my basement. I never got around to doing my winter setup because they weather really never got that bad in NJ.

I more than likely will make your rims my summer tires and my current ones my winters. I think the set I bought from you are in better condition.

Thanks again. See you in Denver early April if you are around and I still have a job.
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Looking really good Reggie
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Originally Posted by sakimano
why are your 'summer' tires all seasons?
A couple of reasons:

1. Longer wear
2. They stay quieter than performance tires (based on reviews and personal experience)
3. Colorado weather
4. I don't need ultimate traction in the dry and all seasons can get within 90% of what performance tires can do in the dry.
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Originally Posted by swesna
Reggie,

I still have your rims in my basement. I never got around to doing my winter setup because they weather really never got that bad in NJ.

I more than likely will make your rims my summer tires and my current ones my winters. I think the set I bought from you are in better condition.

Thanks again. See you in Denver early April if you are around and I still have a job.
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Let me know what tires you plan to use. Hope to see you in April. Any interest in coming up to Fort Collins for dinner - my treat?
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Not bad reasoning. I used to run all seasons on my old 330i. To be honest, I was never able to push the car hard enough on public roads to notice a difference.
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Reggie,

If you are treating I have to come up there.

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Originally Posted by Reggie
Let me know what tires you plan to use. Hope to see you in April. Any interest in coming up to Fort Collins for dinner - my treat?


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