Bad tires---front or back

[Stormin Mormon]

I heard the same thing at walmart, the last time I was there. Refusing to put the new tires on front.

[willshak]

[e-mail] wrote the following:

Sam's Club has a similar policy.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Probably a liability thing

[Twayne]

Bad tires: do not use bad tires - replace them.

[krw]

If you think a car/truck is made water tight, you are a loon.

Can, perhaps. At what cost? You do know that subs tend to get expensive.

You would be wrong, as wrong as you are in this entire thread.

[krw]

What does this have to do with what I posted? Typical top-poster...

[Twayne]

It is precisely on-topic and answered the Subject line's question. I don't normally reply to off-topic posts.

[krw]

Wrong. It had *nothing* to do with where to store a spare tire on a pickup truck.

Top posters can't follow threads because you don't believe they're important.

[clare]

Agreed - but even more predictable. You are gouing to slide on the slop regardless of speed.

[clare]

It's time is coming!!!

[clare]

The winches don't last very long here in Canada - many manufacturers have gone to stainless steel cables instead of galvanized, which has helped a lot, but has not totally solved the problems.

[clare]

They should put them where they used to put them on "real " pickups - side-mount right behind the driver's door, in front of the fender (or in the front of the fender) and outside the box - like on my '57 Fargo custom express.

[clare]

They should mount them behind the seat on the monster pickups they sell today.

[clare]

On many vehicles, you could almost loose one rear tire and not notice it on a straight road. As they slowly go flat you will feel and hear something out of the ordinary -but perhaps with the radio on you could miss it completely untill the tire was totally flat. With no load, at speed, a non-driving rear tire can stay round with very little air pressure.

Not so on the front, particularly when front engine, front drive.

[clare]

Easy to fix that. Just bring in the rims.

[Ed Pawlowski]

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So calling names is still the best you can do? Be sure to tell your mother so you can make her proud. Why not print it out and send it to her so she can proudly show her friends.

Nothing leaks in any of my cars. Sorry yours do.

We never discussed costs, not did we discuss it is is a good idea or even a desirable feature. You said it cannot be done. I say it can be done. Now you just agreed with me.

But you just said it CAN, perhaps , be done. Took you a while, but now you realize I was right.

[krw]

Sure, snow is more predictable than water. You can see it and you know it's slippery (and when it isn't, no harm). Ice, OTOH, can be a real bitch, particularly the stuff you can't see (black ice), so don't expect. I've been in situations when suddenly I realized that I couldn't see (the reflections of) my headlights. The heart races and the balls find refuge. Classic "Oh Shit!".

[krw]

I calls 'em as I sees em. I'll tell you what. I'll give you her address and you can meet her in the cemetery.

It would be nice if you could read.

Costs *are* part of engineering, probably *THE MOST* important part. If you can't beat the other guy's price you're out of business.

No, you're dead wrong.

[krw]

There isn't any space behind the rear seats. They're mounted to the rear of the cab. Puting them inside is nuts.

[krw]

Good. It'll save me some money.