OT 15: New Year, New Poo

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wap wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:38 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:17 am

Honestly as I get older, i feel like birthdays are more like another day for me. Other than like a free dinner at a semi nice place. At work doe, one of the coworkers brings a cake for me, as well as other coworkers
At my work, every salaried employee gets a card signed by all coworkers and $25 cash. :troywax:
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As far as gifts for my last birthday, i was required to travel to Orlando for work a few days after my birthday and a paid dayoff. So my boss paid for my 3 night stay at this resort hotel, and an additional $100 bucks for everything else, which I used for some gas and food driving down there. Also one of my excoworkers birthday was actually the day before mine, so we had a party of 7 at cheesecake factory on my birthday as well. It was :notbad: just didn’t have the time to celebrate to my liking nor did it with friends this time, heck i was invited to one of my go to nightclubs, but I preferred dinner and got stuffed. But hey, I wasn’t :dissapoint: by any means
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Todays gym sesh was such a bitch today. Its ridiculously crowded, today was legday, however, i had an :alpo: luck of not waiting to hit the squat rack (which is usually dreadful for my gym in the late afternoon), cause by the time i went for it, one of the users just finished and asked him to leave one pair of 45’s at the bar.
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:53 pm Is tire rack pretty good on getting the correct wheel sizes using their app? About to buy winter tire/wheel setup
Yes. Good enough that Porsche uses TR as their North American tire distribution network.

Hold off till Friday. Discount Tire Direct is doing 20% off everything, apparently.
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fledonfoot wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:33 pm
KYGTIGuy wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:53 pm Is tire rack pretty good on getting the correct wheel sizes using their app? About to buy winter tire/wheel setup
Yes. Good enough that Porsche uses TR as their North American tire distribution network.

Hold off till Friday. Discount Tire Direct is doing 20% off everything, apparently.
dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:33 pm

Yes. Good enough that Porsche uses TR as their North American tire distribution network.

Hold off till Friday. Discount Tire Direct is doing 20% off everything, apparently.
dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
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Looks like you need to get a credit card from them to get the full 20. Otherwise it's 10. But still. Their tires are 30 more per corner.

Tire rack has 16 inch blizzaks and steelies mounted and balanced to my door for $810 after the 70 rebate Bridgestone is offering. That's pretty good.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:33 pm

Yes. Good enough that Porsche uses TR as their North American tire distribution network.

Hold off till Friday. Discount Tire Direct is doing 20% off everything, apparently.
dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
:idbu: :scrooge:
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:33 pm

Yes. Good enough that Porsche uses TR as their North American tire distribution network.

Hold off till Friday. Discount Tire Direct is doing 20% off everything, apparently.
dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
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:nope: you can never know the feeling of new tires again
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:06 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 pm

dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
:idbu: :scrooge:
140 each, just under 400 for 3.

If the sale gets it close to 300 and i don't need to buy 4, you might see some shit. I can store them while i continue to use my perellis past the wear bars and murder children.
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dubshow wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:24 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:45 pm

dang. maybe i get the other 3 tires to have a matching set on the :mk6;
:lolol:

:nope: you can never know the feeling of new tires again
And i wont since one of my 'stones will be used
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Dang. I should get some Pirelli Sottozero's to replace the godawful Michelin Xi3's.

Or some General G-max AS-05's. https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.js ... &tab=Sizes

Man tires are expensive. Ugh.
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I just ordered a set of Hankook I-Cept winters for the GTI. The 17" wheels I bought for the Mini will bolt right on with a hub ring, so I called DTD and they threw in a set of hub rings for free. $320.

I never send in mail in rebates, so I just figured I'd say fuck it and get them now.
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fawkkkkkk aniversery is tomorrow. Must secure card and smol gift
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fledonfoot wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:43 am I just ordered a set of Hankook I-Cept winters for the GTI. The 17" wheels I bought for the Mini will bolt right on with a hub ring, so I called DTD and they threw in a set of hub rings for free. $320.

I never send in mail in rebates, so I just figured I'd say fuck it and get them now.
Solid.

Gonna be a few days late for the polar vortex, doe. :doomed:
Meh.

Factory Pirelli P7 Cinturato's are down to 3/32" front and 4/32" rear after 26,000 miles of 85% interstate highway miles, which is pretty awful... but the P7 is an awful tire so it is what it is.

I'll throw on some Michelin PS4S, Conti Sports or Firestone Indy500's depending on :scrooge:
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fledonfoot wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:43 am I just ordered a set of Hankook I-Cept winters for the GTI. The 17" wheels I bought for the Mini will bolt right on with a hub ring, so I called DTD and they threw in a set of hub rings for free. $320.

I never send in mail in rebates, so I just figured I'd say fuck it and get them now.
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fledonfoot wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:43 am I just ordered a set of Hankook I-Cept winters for the GTI. The 17" wheels I bought for the Mini will bolt right on with a hub ring, so I called DTD and they threw in a set of hub rings for free. $320.

I never send in mail in rebates, so I just figured I'd say fuck it and get them now.
I just ordered Nokian Hakkapalitta R3's for the R and it looks like they won't be in for possibly a month... wondering if I should wait it out or look for another tyre...
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fledonfoot wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:43 am I just ordered a set of Hankook I-Cept winters for the GTI. The 17" wheels I bought for the Mini will bolt right on with a hub ring, so I called DTD and they threw in a set of hub rings for free. $320.

I never send in mail in rebates, so I just figured I'd say fuck it and get them now.
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