[s-cars] CUMho's

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Taka hebe'd:

<<<I'll be running Falken RT-615 this summer because I'm cheap and poor.
Next best thing to the Advan and Bridgestones>>>



Heh heh heh.  I prefer to call it "single income".  

Tho, that aside, seriously, I do find it *very hard* to justify spending
$400 more for a set of rubber I'm just going to mutilate regardless of
which I get.  Be better of laying 400 $1 bills on my front seat and
commute around fastlike with my windows open.  Or use a lighter and
ignite them, maybe lighting a fine Macanudo with each like the Monopoly
Man?  No thanks - I can put the $ saved into more attempts in chasing
down front end clunks!  30k on tires.  HA!  Yer funny 8-).  Remember my
tires are near blue and well beyond wear bars when them come off.  

Craig, sorry to hear about your '89 951S - sweet car.  Sigh.  I think
that made me pucker more than the Michelin prices 8-(.  As Taka outlined
for you the OE RoW optional UrS size is 245/45/17 but the C5 17x8's come
with 255/40 and fit fine.  I and numerous others here have BTDT on the
255's with no issue.  

My et35 Avus give me a full-lock inner fender liner rub but not enough
to care.  And I think the rears have just *barely* scraped the fender
edge 3-4x when fully laden / fully compressed over a swell.  BFD to
both.  The bigger footprint and amount that they fill up the fender well
(substantially IMO) are well worthwhile.  To me at least, and this is my
well used well loaded daily driver.  

My buddy Brian's car with identical suspension / wheels but 245 S03's
(yes the one FS on AF classifieds) alwaysalwaysalways looks goofy when
parked next to mine, bugs the crap out of him.  And me!  255s look
muchmuch the part for the C4's IMO.  But again, bigger footprint is
good.  Plus it's fun sandblasting my arm while resting on the open
window sill when the wheels are barely turned - no joke, esp. with the
sticky MX's.

Taka / others...  compare them thar RT612's to the MX's?  That one
piqued my interest.  The MX's do have a really squared shoulder look
with them gigantor tread blocks, and do look fab on there.  So far it's
a tough one to beat.  612's do it?

Tanks gents!

-Paul you should see my Pilot Snowsport H's - d'oh - K.