# $295 For The Air In The Tires (Not A Typo) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 2, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068 "2015-09-02T02:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/81 "2015-09-05T18:31:47Z")
> **"The Day The Earth Stood Still", a true classic** I hope you mean the “original” and not that awful remake with Keanu Reeves. The original is a GREAT movie. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/82 "2015-09-05T19:47:26Z")
Oh yeah, the original. In black & white. I would not even bother to watch the remake. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/83 "2015-09-05T19:53:45Z")
There was a remake? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/84 "2015-09-05T20:03:03Z")
**^** It was very quickly forgotten…and with good reason. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/85 "2015-09-06T04:36:07Z")
I would never have watched it even if I’d known it existed. Any producer and/or director so lacking in imagination as to resort to trying to remake what’s already been done cannot possibly produce anything worth watching. That’s a conclusion I’ve reached after watching remakes. {😃 ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/86 "2015-09-06T06:00:37Z")
the same mountainbike: I hear ya! I once received “War of the Worlds” from Netflix and discovered it was the remake. I watched about 15 or 20 minutes then put it back in the mailbox. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/87 "2015-09-06T16:04:36Z")
**“I once received “War of the Worlds” from Netflix and discovered it was the remake. I watched about 15 or 20 minutes then put it back in the mailbox.”** But, the presence of Tom Cruise should have given that film added…gravitas! As a member of the _Scientology_ “religion” he apparently believes that personality problems are caused by space aliens lurking inside our heads. Shouldn’t a religion that was created in the 1950s by a serial huckster and science fiction writer endow the esteemed Mr. Cruise with a lot of credibility on the topic of invaders from outer space? **;-))** ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/88 "2015-09-06T17:05:01Z")
The real remake of "War Of the Worlds’ was Independence Day. The remake with Tom Cruise was crap. I thought Steven Spielberg should have done better. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/89 "2015-09-06T17:55:26Z")
@sgtrock21 From Excelsior motorcyccle UK history, could be any one of the three! “The company was re-registered as Excelsior Motor Company Ltd. to avoid confusion with the American Excelsior company, and the German Excelsior Fahrrad Motorad-Werke.” ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/90 "2015-09-06T18:14:36Z")
_As a member of the Scientology “religion” he apparently believes that personality problems are caused by space aliens lurking inside our heads._ That would explain a LOT! But I won’t name names… {😃 ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/91 "2015-09-06T18:16:13Z")
I was hopeful for the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still - what with the advances in CGI and all. There were some intriguing changes, but overall, it just didn’t work. The original was creative and tied things up very neatly. A well written and well filmed piece. And if you want to talk about being disappointed! Try Dino deLaurentis’s Dune! ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/92 "2015-09-06T18:35:40Z")
I’ve never seen a remake that was anywhere near as good as the original. Classics become classics for a reason. Modifying them to modern standards using today’s largely terrible actors is like hammering on a '64 XKE to try to make it into a Civic. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/93 "2015-09-06T19:38:21Z")
@moutainbike Agree! The remakes of Inspector Clouseau (Pink Panther series) without Peter Sellers were pathetic. Similar with the remake movie of Get Smart; Don Adams had this character perfected in the original series. The only really good remake I saw was the 60s version of Mutiny on the Bounty, in color and starring Trevor Howard as the Captain Bligh and Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian. The original was a 30s black and white version with Charles Laughton. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/94 "2015-09-07T02:05:37Z")
Even updating the technology on originals can ruin them. I have an old original B&W “West Side Story” and the scenes and music will tear your heart out. I watched the digitized and colorized version, and the music sounds canned and the life is gone from the scenes. But the big treat is listening to the vinyl soundtrack from the original. It’s unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/95 "2015-09-07T06:43:04Z")
Airily returning to the original topic. 😉 One of the best household tools I have spent money on is a small Kobalt air compressor. No more struggling with gas station air hoses in all sorts of weather. Easy to keep tires aired precisely in the comfort of my home garage. Just wish I had bought the little compressor many years earlier than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Frugal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@Ed\_Frugal](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ed_Frugal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/96 "2015-09-07T19:22:07Z")
Yeah, I’ve always found the gas station air hoses to be either broken or non-existent. It would be a frustrating odessy (sp?) driving from gas station to gas station on a half flat tire in search of a functioning air hose, especially in the rain or snow. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/97 "2015-09-07T20:34:12Z")
An added benefit of the home tire inflater is that you program how many pounds of pressure to have in the tires and you get that same amount in each tire without the hassle of adding and checking then adding more and checking and oops added to much gotta bleed some air out. Of course, I verify with a tire gauge that the compressor remains accurate. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/98 "2015-09-08T02:31:43Z")
I grew up 3 blocks from the professor’s house in (original) “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/99 "2015-09-08T04:00:43Z")
@circuitsmith🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068/100 "2015-09-08T07:37:09Z")
I checked and the library still has that movie-DVD now of course. I might watch it again just for the old cars. Yes a compressor is very useful. In the winter around here, the gas station compressors are always frozen and that’s when you really need air. You can lose a good 5 plus pounds when its below zero. Even the little $100 portable compressors will handle a small nail gun and other stuff so very useful. I have both. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/295-for-the-air-in-the-tires-not-a-typo/91068.md?page=6)