Tire dilema what should i do

Years ago, a friend advertised used cars in the newspaper, the newspaper charged a commercial rate to those who ran more than 3 ads annually. To avoid the higher rate, he would provide a phony name, the receptionist is not going to verify anyone’s identity.

If someone has a Facebook profile for ten years, they are probably not a serial killer.

A loud dog = the official alarm of the Philippines! From someone who has slept many a sleepless night in the northern provinces …!

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You do know police departments encourage you to use their lots, right?

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Oops, you beat me to it!

Newspaper ads? Those are pretty useless these days. Last Sunday had zero car ads, the classifieds are mostly used for public notices.

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I’d still use them. I just don’t trust online selling platforms. To each their own

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If I was foolish enough to go to the “hood” for an expensive purchase, then it might be concerning. I bought the outboard from a family with a mansion on the most prestigious lake around here. We exchanged numerous texts prior to me driving there to purchase it. They showed no concern giving me their address and I always give them mine as well. They bought it last year, never used it and sold it to me with a bunch of extras for less than half what they paid for it. They were just glad someone would appreciate and use it.

People live in fear of what could happen based on a sensational story in the news. Life is too short to live in fear. If someone is desperate enough to try and rob me- go ahead take it. It’s only money.

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That used to be the case at mavis when I had the Camry. Sometimes up to 4 hours of waiting time.

Smh.

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A dealer told me the boat is free, you just buy the motor. Boats are cheap. I don’t know why they are called motors and not outboard engines. :zany_face:

It is properly an engine. But “boat engine” some sounds… off?

Yepers, 2 Pit Bulls and 1 100# mutt… lol
If one alarm goes off, the other 2 follow very fast…

And no, they can’t call 911, but I can while they are having you for a snack… :smiley:

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As long as you own a 2WD vehicle, that’s the smartest way to buy tires. On a FWD vehicle, the front tires will wear out, but the rear tires will barely wear. When the front tires are worn out, they come off, the rear tires go on the front, and the new tires go on the rear.

I realize this thread is about a 4WD Honda CRV. I don’t know how sensitive this vehicle is to different tires on each axle, and I also don’t know how much tread a new tire of this size has. If the rear tires aren’t worn too much, I’d consider buying two new tires and putting them on the rear, and putting the existing rear tires on the front, just like with a 2WD vehicle.

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You have never owned a Civic or an Accord with factory 1.5-2.5 degrees negative camber on the rear… Other FWD vehicles run a negative camber as well…

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I would add Walmart to that list.

More like gangsta spec camber!

The rear spec for 2008-10 Accord is -1deg nominal, -1deg 45arc minutes max. (-1.75)

I wouldn’t buy tires at Walmart. I’ve been told they may carry the brand but the quality is not the same. Like lawn mowers.

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Here is the one from one of the Civics, I don’t remember all the details, but when doing an alignment you had to confirm if the rear upper control arm had a C (for correction) stamped on it or not, it would only move the wheel out 1 degree positive, it was non adjustable..
But the aftermarket had/has plenty of adjustable control arms for finer adjustments on the rear..
The 06-07 Civic may have been the only one bad enough for the C control arm TSB, but others were out of spec or borderline as well… Honda in general has had some rear alignment issues addressed or not over the years…

It mighta come that way, but the fact that a Technical Service Bulletin was issued indicates that it wasn’t supposed to.

Service manuals don’t lie.

Your correct, they were wearing the inside of the rear tires prematurely and when the alignment was checked it was out of spec with no/or not enough adjustability to correct it, or borderline “OK”, but would still wear the tires… Some of the extremes were in the -2.5 range, install the +1.0 degree C control arm and it was within spec but still -1.5 degrees will wear the tires… Asymmetrical tires, or some do anyway, run a harder compound inner tread then the rest of the tire to help slow down the wear issue, but a symmetrical does not do that…

Where have you heard that from? I’ve never heard that and I can’t think of a reason why a reputable brand would make crappier tires just for Walmart and ruin their reputation.