WarrenJ Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I too noticed there a fine line between rims that are to "bling" and ones that are "blah". It takes a lot of searching (and money) to find the ones that suite your need. For me the stock caddy's are good enough, adds to the "sleeper" effect. I think the 16 spoke wheels look great on a DeVille. I thought they looked nice on my '95 Eldorado, although some disagreed. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/WBucket/MotorPKWY.jpg (179KB) Regards, Warren There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster Posted November 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 No show on the snow today. Maybe tomorow. 2001 STS Mettalic Otter Grey, Black Leather, 213,000 kilometers - miles - ? Still running strong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtjwdad Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Be careful. I want to hear good news. Sorry Jim. I thought you where "titjwad" He's in my hood. Since I've been mentioned I figured I'd chime in. We've had quite a bit of water lately here in western Washington and Oregon. I still say these tires perform very well. I was heading west on US 26 out of Portland and about 500 yards or so from the exit of tunnel there was a good size puddle probably 4-6 inches deep. I hit that thing at 55 MPH and ... what a splash, but the car didn't try to slide at all. While I like the tires, I feel a lot of credit has to go to the engineering built into the car. Another tire that gets good reviews is Goodyear Triple Treads. When I was looking last year they didn't make them in the size I needed. I see that they do now but it's a H rated tire. Nothing wrong with that but I try not to put a lower speed rated tire than the car is actually rated. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarinov Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 I thought they looked nice on my '95 Eldorado, although some disagreed. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/WBucket/MotorPKWY.jpg (179KB) Regards, Warren They are, well, quite nice on the Eldo's. RIP, Baby I still feel sick every time I see that sequence of photos; you know the ones... I'm getting some new chromes on my Eldo in the coming weeks - pics to follow, I'm sure.... MM <!--fonto:Arial--><span style="font-family:Arial"><!--/fonto-->2007 DTS Performance - 50K <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--> As a matter of fact, I <i>am</i> driving 70 MPH in a phone booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 I too noticed there a fine line between rims that are to "bling" and ones that are "blah". It takes a lot of searching (and money) to find the ones that suite your need. For me the stock caddy's are good enough, adds to the "sleeper" effect. I think the 16 spoke wheels look great on a DeVille. I thought they looked nice on my '95 Eldorado, although some disagreed. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/WBucket/MotorPKWY.jpg (179KB) Regards, Warren In all honesty the stock 16 chromes are nice...just a pain in the butt to clean between each The Green's Machines 1998 Deville - high mileage, keeps on going, custom cat-back exhaust 2003 Seville - stock low mileage goodness! 2004 Grand Prix GTP CompG - Smaller supercharger pulley, Ported Exhaust Manifolds, Dyno tune, etc 1998 Firebird Formula - 408 LQ9 Stroker motor swap and all sorts of go fast stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OynxSTS Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 No show on the snow today. Maybe tomorow. Looks we are up for a test today... Easin' down the highway in a new Cadillac, I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back ZZTOP, I'm Bad I'm Nationwide Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtjwdad Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 No show on the snow today. Maybe tomorow. Looks we are up for a test today... I've got snow here today, but I left the Caddy in Portland and drove the Bronco up instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OynxSTS Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 I can comment on dry snow/ice and heavy wet snow on the A/S Pilots.... In short AMAZING! I got a chance to test these skins in heavy stop and go city traffic and on the Canadian equivalent of a US Interstate (actually the highway that connects to I-5) While other cars were drifting at starts and stops my STS was like a big luxury tractor... No issues going, stopping or turning... Plowed through the snow like a hot knife through butter... Way better then ANY Goodyear tire I have ever owned (including snow tires)... I was setting the pace and I was passing everything (just like always ) My wife's 4Runner also has Micheline LTX M/S (Costco el-cheapo's) and they are equally awe inspiring... Easin' down the highway in a new Cadillac, I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back ZZTOP, I'm Bad I'm Nationwide Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_tunney@hotmail.com Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 actually the tires they sell are good quality at costco, if i am not mistaken costco is michelins #1 buyer of tires i know that the 3 costco stores in calgary albt canada sell between 250-350 units a day each store, thats alot of tires. It is going to save me about $40-50 a tire for my piliot as compared to fountin and Kall tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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