[s-cars] CUMho's
Theodore Chen
tedebearp at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 15 03:26:49 EST 2006
do the toronto dancers also do lap dances for CAN$10? not that you or
i would know anything about that, either.
--- Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com> wrote:
> I can recommend far finer than Cohiba's at much less of an A$$ raping price.
> And Toronto has all of Montreal's Dancers anyways, but I would not know
> anything about that.
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
> Cc: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] CUMho's
>
>
> > Paul-
> > If you want to blow money, go up to Canada, get a box of Cohibas and light
> > 'em up
> > while blowing those colorful Canadian Dollars at one of the fine dancing
> > establishments
> > in Montreal. :-)
> >
> > Slight correction- OEM fitment for the C4 S cars is 245/40R17, not 45
> > series.
> >
> > Falken RT-615s beat Kumho MXs- Grassroots Motorsports did an excellent
> > tire
> > comparison of all the popular street tire contenders and the Kumho MX is
> > not
> > comparable
> > to the Falken RT-615 or the Hankook Z212.
> >
> > Are you bluing the whole tire or just the outside shoulder? If just the
> > outside shoulder, I'd crank your camber plates to get more negative
> > camber-
> > maybe 2 degrees or so? I never had any heat issues running 255s on my 200,
> > and that's including track days. A friend of mine killed a set of
> > 225/45R17
> > SP9000s in one autox. :-) Not surprising considering that I had serious
> > understeer and grip issues running 225s. I went to 255s and the car was
> > much
> > better, much more grip, much less understeer (probably only due to more
> > grip).
> >
> > RT-615s don't really look like street tires- if you like the big shoulder
> > blocks of the MX, the 615 will look like a slick with much less void area.
> >
> > My 615s are on their way.... I'm hoping for permanently warmer weather
> > soon-
> > this drop to 40 degrees is killing me.
> >
> > Taka
> >
> > On 3/14/06, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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