Interesting readings..& Welcome Hib !!!

When I replace my oem oem firestones, my plan is to plus-zero the next set.

Yep, I wanna go from 215/50/17 to a 225/50/17... What brand is yet to be decided..

 

A postscript to my report on the Goodyear Eagle F1 All-Season...

Earlier I suggested that the reason for the F1 AS's tread life being less than I had expected was a front end alignment problem.

Well...when I went to change tires to a new set of Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds, I had the alignment checked. Boy, was I spot-on. The alignment was -1.25° left and -0.75° right for camber and 3/16-in. toe in, way too much toe. The excessive toe-in explains the accelerated tire wear. Since this car has never been run into a curb or a big pot hole, I suspect that the front end alignment has been incorrect since the truck was new.

After Tucker Tire Service Co. in Covina CA, which does all my tire/wheel work, put on the new TripleTreds I had them reset the alignment to -1.00° camber (which is close to the stock figure of -0.9°) and 1/32-in. toe in.

The revised alignment should end any trouble with poor treadlife due to alignment.

 

I just wanted to post a few words about my new Goodyear Assurance Tripletreds. I've been riding on them for a few months now and they have been great. At first they seemed pretty loud when it went out for my first drive but they seem to have become much quieter after a few drives (they either "broke in" or I got used to the noise).

This last week I finally had a chance to test them in the snow and on ice. They did an excellent job. We had about 20 cm of snow in one day and temperatures down to -20c and they rode well and provided a lot of grip and traction. I was able to get out of my parking spot very easily at home (my Firestones left me stuck quite a few times last year and I required a push out). I was also able to get around a lot easier on the hills around my home. A few hills I always stayed away from because I couldn't make it up with the Firestones. I tried those hills this weekend and made it up with no problems. I also easily made it up one hill in traffic while other vehicles were struggling, getting stuck and sliding backwards down the hill.

For an all-season tire the Goodyear Assurance Triple-treds are incredible. I will replace them with a set of winter tires either next winter or the following one when the tread depth begins to decrease.

 

This dude believe it or not is NOT a spammer. He is however, one of the biggest jokes on the planet though. Ask older members of fullthrottlev6.com like myself what they think of Hib, then sit back and eat popcorn. I would ban this guy, very quickly.

 

Maybe not everyone shares your opinion ?

 

Well, I was about to get the F1s... but out of stock, backorder, yahda yahda. Need tires! Winter is here, Firestones are... in bad shape.

Ended up getting the Eagle GTs... going to get them installed now! Were reviewed well...

 

Not trying be arrogant, if it comes as so my apologies but.....give it time.

 

10-4

 

With fullthrottlev6.com, the problem is that site has been hijacked by a small group of hardcore drag racers and V6 "experts" who feel that there are very few ways to mod 3.8L V6s and they are the only ones who know how.

Some of my posts to that site were not popular because I, at times, disagreed with the trolls who felt they "controlled" speech on that site and, at other times, suggested sources for parts which were not favorites of the site's clique.

I'll add that, in spite of the controversy my project car created on fulthrottleV6.com I was never banned there because nothing I posted violated that sites rules-of-use. When it became obvious the audience there didn't care for the content I was posting, I simply stopped being active and went to other sites of interest to V6 Camaro owners with members who seemed to act more mature.

So, tell me "1970judge" why should I be banned from the Chevy HHR Network. If there is something I have posted here that violates the site's rules, why don't you post the details of that?

 

Apparently they have never read any car magazines that you have contributed too over the years....You go back a ways writing for the car mags.!