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  1. IMO, any decent tire is DONE for any purpose at 35K.
  2. I am a firm believer in two tire sets for anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line, as IMO all-season tires mean no-season-tires. That said, there is one tire out there that I and others have used (currently have them on my work commuter) that work well as winter tires and can be run year-round. They are the Nokian WR, the latest one is the Nokian WR G3. They are Scandinavian all-season tires with an M&S (Mud & Snow) rating.
  3. Yep, just Stage 1 93, the uppipe won't do enough to make Stage 2 worth it.
  4. Check out the Reviews & Tests on Tire Rack's site, but they seem to be pretty good.
  5. On other forums, the new GTs don't seem to be liked much.... Being in Texas, why not go for summer tires? On a non-LGT, I've had Hankook evo V12s for well over a year now. EXCELLENT wet traction!, as well as decent for track days without the wear issues (which was fine at the time) of the Nakook RS3s and Azenis 615s (had both on the LGT that was mostly a track car). Other folks on my other Forums have tried evo V12s, and have found the same great wet traction, including one guy in FL.
  6. If you look at places like Tire Rack, most Summer tires are not recommended for use below 40F. In fact, some of the softer, stickier summer tires have recommendations to not even be stored at temps below freezing. Winter tires have a compound that performs well in cold temps, with better traction in the dry, wet, slushy, or icy conditions. Some handle large amounts of snow better than others. It can be a confusing set of choices, but there are tires that work better in heavier snow. Others work better on ice. Others are just better-performing overall in cold, wet conditions. We don't get heavy snow on the roads here. At worse, I drive two blocks in snow (if it hasn't been plowed in the subdivision), then I hit a state highway, which is always one of the first ones plowed. Winter tires then work well in the wet & slush. I had Hankook Icebears on the LGT. More of a high-performance winter tire, but handled reasonable amounts of snow just fine (being lowered on coilovers was more of an issue in snow over 4-5"!!). I now have Blizzaks for my Focus SVT. Got them from the PO, who was very happy with them. I bought the car in March, but we never had any more snow after February this year.
  7. Winter tires does nor mean snow tires. I ran a/s on the LGT, then went with my usual (for all my cars) summer tires & then winter tires. Made the car perform as it should. All-Season tires are "no season tires" IMO. If you are happy running crap tires year-round, fine. You don't know how good it can be with running PROPER tires for the season. Even living in Delaware, which doesn't see bad weather, winter tires work FAR better in temps below 40F.
  8. For all-season, Conti Extreme DWS. Personally, I don't give a crap about longevity, I want the best tire for the job. Which means running separate summer & winter tires. All-season tires are a crappy compromise, IMO.
  9. 3.8 was a great choice, IMO!! I have a secret Fiero "jones" (long story!!) Anyway, years back, there was the 20th Anniversary Fiero Meet near me, and my favorite car, apart from all the Chevy & Northstar V8 conversions, was the Canadian Fiero with the 3.8 & a Whipple: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/2641210 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/2641210 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/2641210 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/2641210 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/2641210
  10. WRT the 93 map with 91 octane. I ran Stage 1 93 in my '05 LGT for years. First time I drove out to AZ to see my dad, a loaded a map for 91 with the low octane out West. The next two times, I just left the 93 map there when I ran 90-91 (all they had) fuel. No issues. No pinging, no loss of mpg during freeway running. You never really know what you are getting at the pump, anyway. Friend of mine on another forum had a friend who verified gas quality for the State of Michigan. Shocking how many stations got nailed for less-then-93-octane in the 93 tanks,.
  11. Black wagon, stock-looking, pulling into a parking lot on Lapeer Road in Lake Orion Saturday afternoon...... 99.999% it's not anybody here, but I NEVER see any LGTs around here!!
  12. Reminds me of mine when I picked it up on 10/1/2004! I never used a battery maintainer on it (as I do on two other cars), but mine has 58K miles, and used to sit for weeks on end (buddy of mine has been driving it for a few months after the new clutch). Original battery finally died in June. Mine has everything on it except the 5AT, which is how I ordered it.
  13. See my post # 151 above. Becasue they are only 86 of my combo doesn't make it "rare", it's that nobody wanted it. ALL '05+ LGTs are "rare" in that they didn't sell any. I might be selling mine soon, as there's two months of the ESP warranty left, and with only 58K, it's value is as good as it's gonna be.
  14. I had ordered mine that way. I suspect that's about the only way they got out, as the dealers seemed to like the tan interiors on their lot cars.
  15. I ordered mine new in July '04, just as I wanted it. Glad I did, as the RBP 5MT Ltd with black interior became "unobtainium" within a year.
  16. As I've mentioned before..... I hope you guys keep in mind that there is "rare" as in 101 people wanting something that only had 100 built. "Rare" is not having 1 of 20 of something that only show low sales for cars that no one wanted. FWIW, I have a sickness for low-production cars that weren't popular!!
  17. I personally get the replacement warranty, as when I have had flats, they tend to be in the sidewall which is not repairable. DT just replaced one tire I had, no questions asked. I forget the mileage on them, but it was after about a year on summer tires. Long-lasting summer tires? Kind of a contradiction in terms. A good summer tire will not last too long. Nonetheless, a couple of suggestions are the Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2 (I had these, worked well), the BFG KDW and the GY GS-D3 (friends had these, worked well for them).
  18. A quick Google on pcm adaptive learning had a number of discussions across many car forums, but I found this piece from Chrysler: http://tinyurl.com/c6rwzj Basically it resets fuel trim and (as I understand) timing events that it "learns" from recent driving sctivities. I know on my other car forum, when guys do serious mods, they will disable the adaptive process in the PCM to keep the tuning more precise by eliminating vartiables.
  19. Yes, it does. As do virtually all PCMs built over the last 20 years. There are ages-old threads about it here on the Forum. FWIW, I've noticed it myself in street driving, and twice at the strip, with better times after a few runs with no other changes.
  20. It seems to take a good 50-100 miles and a few start cycles for the map to "settle in" and work well once the adaptive learning resets itself.
  21. I was under the impression that the stock map was never altered, and that it would revert to the original factory map if you unmarried the AP.
  22. I got a great deal on a 5.3 cubic foot floor-model freezer at Lowes today. I forgot that I had my dog guard in, so I wasn't gonna be able to slide it in over the folded rear seats. I had taken my F-250 in for service today, so that wasn't an option. Didn't matter. Amazingly enough, I was able to put the freezer in sideways and still close the hatch on the wagon. Wagons rock!!
  23. '05, of course!! Because I ordered it exactly as I wanted it: RBP Limited Wagon 5MT Black Interior Glad I got what I wanted, as that was the only year that offered that combo.
  24. Or maybe a Rustoleum Roller Paint Job?? http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1
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