Something happened --
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From: Beautiful Down Town "SWINDLEHURST" Long Island NY
Something happened --
When I bought da vette 8 years ago 
( by the way - this is the longest Ive ever owned a single car )
The tires weren't new by far - the interior was fair - the paint a little less than fair - the 700 R4 slipped more than "Curly" on ice
It accelerated OK - top end ( on a closed track
) was good 
at least for me
But it cornered hard enough to stick Wifey #2 - head to the side glass
I could keep up with C-5's and 6's through a sweeping turns
And pull away a little if I lead
I had the trans. rebuilt with a B & M shift kit installed - now / then I get a respectable chirp out of 2ed. gear
Got rear ended 2 years ago
had it repaired and completely repainted with a few extras thrown in
Put it up for sale because I couldn't afford to keep it
Then got a decent paying job and decided to keep it / her a little longer
But as they say ---- "The thrill was gone" For some reason I started treating is like ----- a car
Then ( insert threat title here ) I got a blow out two weeks ago
Since all the tires looked like Bologna casings - I wanted to replace all 4 at once it's a daily driver now
I read a thread about drilled disk rotors - so what hell - I ordered a pair of fronts
Friday I finally got all the "BF Goodrich g-Force Sport Tire's" on da vette Not because i wanted a good tire - I just wanted tires and didn't seem to have much of a choice
As it turns out --these tires are sticker than my ex-wife's hands with money ( and I'm the Jew )
It rides better than ever
It hooks up better that ever
The rubber looks so good -- I bought a can of Autozone tire shine and I even repainted the wheels ------ and washed the vette for the first time in a year
I think the vette even smells better
I must have drive it 100 miles in the last 4 days
I'm in love again
( by the way - this is the longest Ive ever owned a single car
)The tires weren't new by far - the interior was fair - the paint a little less than fair - the 700 R4 slipped more than "Curly" on ice
It accelerated OK - top end ( on a closed track
) was good at least for me But it cornered hard enough to stick Wifey #2 - head to the side glass
I could keep up with C-5's and 6's through a sweeping turns And pull away a little if I lead
I had the trans. rebuilt with a B & M shift kit installed - now / then I get a respectable chirp out of 2ed. gear
Got rear ended 2 years ago
had it repaired and completely repainted with a few extras thrown in Put it up for sale because I couldn't afford to keep it
Then got a decent paying job and decided to keep it / her a little longer
But as they say ---- "The thrill was gone"
For some reason I started treating is like ----- a car Then ( insert threat title here ) I got a blow out two weeks ago
Since all the tires looked like Bologna casings - I wanted to replace all 4 at once
it's a daily driver now I read a thread about drilled disk rotors - so what hell - I ordered a pair of fronts
Friday I finally got all the "BF Goodrich g-Force Sport Tire's" on da vette
Not because i wanted a good tire - I just wanted tires and didn't seem to have much of a choice As it turns out --these tires are sticker than my ex-wife's hands with money
( and I'm the Jew )It rides better than ever
It hooks up better that ever
The rubber looks so good -- I bought a can of Autozone tire shine and I even repainted the wheels ------ and washed the vette for the first time in a year
I think the vette even smells better
I must have drive it 100 miles in the last 4 days
I'm in love again
Last edited by RICEKILA; Jul 5, 2010 at 03:49 PM.
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I'm not into acid and I think you need to be high to read that flashy thing.
Remove all those smileys and you may get a response...something about tires and a 700R4 is all I could read.
For now....
Remove all those smileys and you may get a response...something about tires and a 700R4 is all I could read.
For now....
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From: Pittsburgh Pa
Cliffs notes:
Had car long time, had it repainted and shift kit installed, started to get bored with it, had a blowout, bought new tires and some "lookey lookey" rotors and he likes it a lot again.
Had car long time, had it repainted and shift kit installed, started to get bored with it, had a blowout, bought new tires and some "lookey lookey" rotors and he likes it a lot again.
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I mean, I'm glad you've rekindled the love affair with your ride, but laying on the ground twitching and frothing wasn't any fun for me either. I haven't vapor locked that hard since Obama won. Emoticons are great to convey emotion when used sparingly....otherwise they cause neurological malfunctions.
That's better. Got rid of all those stupid words in there so now I can understand your story.
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From: Beautiful Down Town "SWINDLEHURST" Long Island NY