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Nope. But not being exposed to UV did. Find me one tire manufacturer that doesn't say tire goop is bad for their tires. And, no, the ones in India, Kuala Lumpur, and similar places don't count. Those probably recommend using goop, so they can blame the poor tire quality on it.

That's fine, it won't hurt it. Unlike tire goop on a perfectly good tire.

Meanwhile, I love learning, and the more the better. But today, instead of learning something I just changed the oil and filter - a most mundane and uneducational task. Oh well, now it's good to go for another year or two.

There's a lot to be said for bias ply tires. But I wouldn't want them on the 'Cat.

Weekend special. Get it for $7,000 below MSRP. But you have to act fast, I only have one.

If the tire is so weak that it won't stand up to the force of the roller, or so poorly made that a road force balancing would show as a fail, I wouldn't want to drive on them. Especially not fast. Would be interesting to know why they don't want their tire to be balanced correctly - which it...

They still do. It's unfortunate that people either either don't know what they represent, or ignore them. I didn't get my own tire machine and balancer because tire shops did such a great job.

Anything less than a spin balance would be 1800s style.These days a road force balance is available, and unbeatable. Well, as long as the operator is at least as competent as the balancer, which unfortunately isn't always the case.

Balanced four Toyo AT IIIs today. Only two of them had the yellow marking to indicate the heavy spot, and didn't need them. And, almost as usual, the two with the most weight had the lowest road force numbers.

Balance beads can work well in narrow tires, like in a motorcycle or tractor trailer application. I've had miserable results using them in wide tires, especially with wheels with a fair amount of negative offset.

Yet I could only find four in the nation that met my criteria. And oddly enough, one was only 300 miles away.

I wish. It's pretty rare that I get to only transport myself. Usually it's something that needs to be towed so that's normally when I get to drive something. My 3500 to be specific.

I really would do just fine with a 1-door. I drive myself around enjoying the vehicles, as opposed to transporting people.

I did, but a little before that I got a proper 2-door.

The emblem. But it came riveted to a car I wanted.

I managed to snag one.

That's only $1K per door. Not such a fantastic deal.

Hydrogen for the win... ...in the sense that it's even harder to come by than E85 and EV charging stations.

Apparently nobody bothered to stop.

What did your cardboard sign read?