TSG's Unified Fleet Thread

[thesameguy]

I'm not too worried about life. With 225s and 245s on a 2700lb car, they aren't doing that much work. Plus, at ~3000 miles per year if I get 18,000 miles out of them I will be approaching the time I need to change them from age anyway. To some degree, I hope they have shit life... it would be nice to change a tire from wear rather than age. The Nokian NRZs on the XR have probably 1/3rd of their tread left but they're 10 years old and visibly not safe to drive on anymore. Maybe I'll be able to wear out the Sumitomos like a normal person.

[Godson]

I'll be surprised if they make it 18000 miles. Keep me updated on that front. As they are damned good tires.

[thesameguy]

Sure thing. We'll touch base in 2020.

[thesameguy]

New blower motor regulator installed in the Mercedes. I could have bought a $300 part or a $150 part, but I bought a $50 part. Strong feeling it's going to come back and bite me. But no one could comment on what the actual difference between the parts was, and I gotta believe a magic box full of resistors is going to be made in China no matter what the brand is, so I took a risk. Worst case it fails again - it's an hour's worth of work, and no blower doesn't make the car not run so it's not to big of a deal. I also replaced the cabin air filter which was a mess, so that's all positive.

It looks like this weekend's weather forecast has been revised from more rain to mostly sun, so I think I shall go order some transmission fluid changing supplies!

[George]

Quotes from TSG that I think I remember, at least approximately...

I want an RV.

Throwing away years of work and tens of thousands of dollars on bizarre old cars turns me on.

I like to haul large numbers of scantily-clad ladies to nefarious establishments of questionable morality.

I dig roadtrips to obscure places in Colorado to pick up large luxury vehicles.

Five grand isn't out of the question.

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/4269426580.html]1976 mercedes bus o303 - $5000

"no phone service here, just email, or come by. you will see the bus behind the saloon."

[thesameguy]

That would look great next to the E320!!!!

[Godson]

Dude. Rolling in style.

[FaultyMario]

http://youtu.be/S0Sp500ZVI0?t=1m1s

[thesameguy]

[thesameguy]

I just ordered myself a Setrab 50-619-7612 oil cooler for the XR. I ordered it from carshopinc.com as they had it for 25% less than anyone else on the planet, which I gotta admit is *really* suspect. I figure I've got my credit card company on my side, so we'll see what happens. If positive things, then maybe I've found a new place to order car parts from. If not, well, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.