Comments on: Car advice needed http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Fri, 25 May 2012 07:14:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Siel Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:39:15 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=248#comment-1069 Right now the whoe tire/tyre thing's on hold, pending a new window, which should be installed tomorrow. A used/recycled one, no less! Wish me luck :) Right now the whoe tire/tyre thing’s on hold, pending a new window, which should be installed tomorrow. A used/recycled one, no less! Wish me luck :)

]]> By: righteye http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 righteye Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:44:17 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=248#comment-1065 The Californian tyre code is at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/vctires.htm, but I don't understand a word of it as its all in inches.... hey, i'm British - we measure in metric and spell tyres with a 'y'... The Californian tyre code is at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/vctires.htm, but I don’t understand a word of it as its all in inches….

hey, i’m British – we measure in metric and spell tyres with a ‘y’…

]]> By: joe http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 joe Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:55:21 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=248#comment-1063 SO!! With all this talk about bald tires, guess whose tire blew out on the freeway last night?? That's right, yours truly. Fortunately it wasn't raining and I was able to control the car enough to get it on the shoulder. I called Better World Club on my cell and in exactly 30 minutes, the tow truck dude showed up and changed my tire. (I didn't feel safe changing the tire by myself without any light.) It was my first time actually putting the BWC to the test, and they passed with flying colors. This morning, I showed my remaining three tires to the mechanic I've trusted for a long time now, and he said my threads were definitely showing. So as a result of my letting the tires get old and letting the pressure slide, it blew out. Hope this is enough to encourage the rest of you to check those tires! Siel - as for the book - being part of the "For Dummies" series, it's not some hardcore techie manual on car repair. It's made for people like ourselves to gain basic working knowledge of our cars - like changing tires, checking fluids, etc. SO!! With all this talk about bald tires, guess whose tire blew out on the freeway last night?? That’s right, yours truly. Fortunately it wasn’t raining and I was able to control the car enough to get it on the shoulder.

I called Better World Club on my cell and in exactly 30 minutes, the tow truck dude showed up and changed my tire. (I didn’t feel safe changing the tire by myself without any light.) It was my first time actually putting the BWC to the test, and they passed with flying colors.

This morning, I showed my remaining three tires to the mechanic I’ve trusted for a long time now, and he said my threads were definitely showing. So as a result of my letting the tires get old and letting the pressure slide, it blew out. Hope this is enough to encourage the rest of you to check those tires!

Siel – as for the book – being part of the “For Dummies” series, it’s not some hardcore techie manual on car repair. It’s made for people like ourselves to gain basic working knowledge of our cars – like changing tires, checking fluids, etc.

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Siel Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:27:43 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=248#comment-1050 righteye -- like I said -- I'm gettin' new tires. I think we have rules about those in the US (we also spell tires with an i), but I'm not sure what they are... The DMV rules vary by state to state here, and though I've stayed in Cali for a while now, I still don't know what the tire rules are... righteye — like I said — I’m gettin’ new tires.

I think we have rules about those in the US (we also spell tires with an i), but I’m not sure what they are… The DMV rules vary by state to state here, and though I’ve stayed in Cali for a while now, I still don’t know what the tire rules are…

]]> By: righteye http://greenlagirl.com/car-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 righteye Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:05:24 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=248#comment-1040 your tyres are the only thing in contact with the road...you'd be insane to drive with bald patches. You simply won't be able to control the car properly in an emergency, which is obviously a very, very bad thing for you and anybody your car happens to be pointing at at the time. Here in the UK, there are extremely strict rules about tyre wear and minimum tread depth...I'm sure there must be similar laws in the US, and if there aren't, there really should be. Get new tyres or don't drive your car. your tyres are the only thing in contact with the road…you’d be insane to drive with bald patches. You simply won’t be able to control the car properly in an emergency, which is obviously a very, very bad thing for you and anybody your car happens to be pointing at at the time.

Here in the UK, there are extremely strict rules about tyre wear and minimum tread depth…I’m sure there must be similar laws in the US, and if there aren’t, there really should be.

Get new tyres or don’t drive your car.

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