[s-cars] CUMho's

[Mark Strangways]

It was 5 bucks for a while, but at the last time I had the opportunity to 
check it was 20.
Not that I know anything about it.

:-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>; "Taka Mizutani" 
<t44tqtro at gmail.com>; <pkrasusky at ups.com>
Cc: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] CUMho's


> 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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