California is at it again. Tires now
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Melting Slicks
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From: North Coast
California is at it again. Tires now
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a7...rmarket-tires/
https://www.energy.ca.gov/publicatio...ciency-program
Thought I should pass this on because in the long term to could spread to other states using carb regulations.
Thing like this is why even though I own property in CA I choose to live in Ohio.
https://www.energy.ca.gov/publicatio...ciency-program
Thought I should pass this on because in the long term to could spread to other states using carb regulations.
Thing like this is why even though I own property in CA I choose to live in Ohio.
Team Owner
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From: Western NY
So, in other words, if I understand this correctly, C-5 owners would be required to use only Goodyear Eagle run flats on their cars....a tire that I believe has been out of production for a LONG time/?? (And if those tires aren't available, the car would have to be taken out of service, and replaced by an EV, that you can get tires for??)
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Northeast FL
Sheesh. So more tires would have to be produced which means taking more rubber from trees, using more oil, using more energy, (whatever the source), and creating more landfill waste. Great idea.🤪
Instructor
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Cali is crazy. No wonder people are leaving in droves.
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Melting Slicks
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From: North Coast
So, in other words, if I understand this correctly, C-5 owners would be required to use only Goodyear Eagle run flats on their cars....a tire that I believe has been out of production for a LONG time/?? (And if those tires aren't available, the car would have to be taken out of service, and replaced by an EV, that you can get tires for??)
Typical California to only half think a problem and make it worse.
Unless you get as sports car or sport model many models come with the cheapest tires possible because car companies do not want to spend money on tires. They just want something that holds air to get them out the door.
My wifes Acadia came with Michelins that were older models that were cheap. They only lasted 25K miles and had poor winter traction. The same were on the first one we had too. I have some Goodyears on now that on our first Acadia went 60K miles. So if I lived there I would only get less than half the Miles from the tires I was force to buy vs the ones I want.
In California when you get your car serviced for anything the shops are forced to check tire pressure and set them to MFG spec. Even if they are only fixing a wiper arm etc.
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Instructor
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So, in other words, if I understand this correctly, C-5 owners would be required to use only Goodyear Eagle run flats on their cars....a tire that I believe has been out of production for a LONG time/?? (And if those tires aren't available, the car would have to be taken out of service, and replaced by an EV, that you can get tires for??)
Safety Car
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From: Ex DPRK, now just N of Medford, OR
Half-baked nonsense.
Meaning it'll probably become law.
Long time ago, every shop had a Safety Kleen parts washer. Practical and efficient for its job.
Following the lead of the South Coast (LA area...) Air Quality Management District, The Bay Area equivalent outlawed them.
Reasoning that since each one emitted a few grams of raw hydrocarbons every day, they were obviously a MAJOR source of air pollution.
Bunch of hot soapy water ones showed up, which don't work for crap, followed by the super hot soapy water dish washer style; they at least work, sort of... also expensive and draw stupid amounts of electricity!
Standard shop practice now is the ever popular 'Brake Kleen' method. Instead of a few grams evaporating into the air every day, now it's a whole pound at a time.
"Our research indicated...."
Very, very smart.
Meaning it'll probably become law.
Long time ago, every shop had a Safety Kleen parts washer. Practical and efficient for its job.
Following the lead of the South Coast (LA area...) Air Quality Management District, The Bay Area equivalent outlawed them.
Reasoning that since each one emitted a few grams of raw hydrocarbons every day, they were obviously a MAJOR source of air pollution.
Bunch of hot soapy water ones showed up, which don't work for crap, followed by the super hot soapy water dish washer style; they at least work, sort of... also expensive and draw stupid amounts of electricity!
Standard shop practice now is the ever popular 'Brake Kleen' method. Instead of a few grams evaporating into the air every day, now it's a whole pound at a time.
"Our research indicated...."
Very, very smart.
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Burning Brakes
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Cali-fruity! I can see it now, "Sir I pulled you over because you have Nitto 555G2's on, you're getting 2 tickets, one for non-OEM tires and the second because that's a summer tire and it is winter sir"
Like most dumb crap states do, it is a cash grab in some way. It won't save the planet, it won't help with landfills, it won't save fossil fuels, it will just make somebody, somewhere more money somehow-
Like most dumb crap states do, it is a cash grab in some way. It won't save the planet, it won't help with landfills, it won't save fossil fuels, it will just make somebody, somewhere more money somehow-