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Was only able to get two of the lug nuts off.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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It can be a pain.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Loosen them in a star pattern, tighten them in a star pattern.Comment
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Maybe that's what I'll do next time. Instead I used my insurance's roadside assistance like a pansy.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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If you think flats are tiring, try wearing heels.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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Pump it up, even though you don't mean it....Originally posted by pchang View PostVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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These days, most tire irons that come with cars suck. It's never a bad idea to buy a real one and keep it in your trunk.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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Yeah, my tire iron was quite puny next to the tow truck guy who came. I felt emasculated.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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Four way
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If you have a garage to store it, I'd recommend getting a floor jack (auto supply store, $30 or so).
I used to have 18 inch chrome wheels on one of my cars. In the winter, they came off. In the spring, they went on. There's nothing quite like raising your car with a few pumps of the jack.
(just remember the parking brake)To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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I have a cracked, sloping slab of concrete we call a driveway.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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And I always use the parking brake.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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Were they spinners?Originally posted by Sava View PostIf you have a garage to store it, I'd recommend getting a floor jack (auto supply store, $30 or so).
I used to have 18 inch chrome wheels on one of my cars. In the winter, they came off. In the spring, they went on. There's nothing quite like raising your car with a few pumps of the jack.
(just remember the parking brake)
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5 spoke... I may have pics
sold them on Ebay after trading the car in... this was 2004-5ish
Chrome wheels retain value quite well.
I sold them for slightly less than I originally paid... and had them for 4-5 years.
And since I was using the stock tires in the winter (and splitting the miles between the two sets), my tire related maintenance costs were very low. I did get hit once, but the accident wasn't my fault. The other person's insurance had to replace one of the 18 inch tires. They were $400 each.
Next vehicle I buy, I'm definitely spending between $3-5k extra just for rims. The resale value is great if they are in good condition. You get the benefit of splitting the wear on our tires between two sets of tires... halving the overall cost of tire maintenance through the life of the vehicle. Then, when the car is toast, sell the wheels.
Overall, you just save yourself a bit of money.
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