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“They'll have to wear in a little more for me to really compare with the Michelins they replaced.” Michelin Premier LTX? Defender LTX?

I started reading this thread, glanced at date, “October 17”, thought ‘just last week, great!’ I did not notice the year until you mentioned it. Great info regardless, thank you all!

Owner satisfaction 4/5 "CR Recommended"

PS OP: From Consumer Reports: "Score 60 Performance All-Season Tires Yokohama Avid Ascend GT Tire Satisfaction 3/5 "The tire gets high scores for dry braking, handling, resistance to hydroplaning...

Hi edyvw, I do. To quantify how wear changes tire performance, the CR tire team measured the wet stopping performance and hydroplaning resistance of 23 performance all-season tires with full tread, which typically measures between 9⁄32" and 11⁄32", when new, and compared it against the same...

Toys R Us Kaybee Toys— Both by same vulture capital firm as I recall.

Boeing has entered the chat. Dodge/Jeep/Ram has entered the chat. GE/Neutron Jack Welch has entered the chat…

What trim level? There’s like 8 or more. But Toyota does have a different style than Honda.

FordVWBroncoJetta, you’re in Kansas so snow, but not a huge amount? Enough to justify getting Michelin Cross Climates? Do you need V rated (what speed rating on OE tires?) Or is H rated enough? V rated...

This works great for California ants...

And KayBee toys and Toys R Us— With some Circuit City poor customer service stupidity thrown in. Being at the rock bottom of reliability and “would buy again” ratings is another nail in their coffin.

Thanks for tip benjammimg—long time ConsumerReports subscriber, I think they are trustworthy and honest and know what they are doing—and they don’t accept advertising, so no conflicts of interest there. I generally avoid canned videos and reviews from sites selling the reviewed items—but took a...

Nukeman, the Apple Mac Mini comes in about the same price at $500, I think MacOS is more versatile and easier than Chrome, more service options with Mac, Mac is stable and should be an easy transition from Windows. A base model Mac Mini is more than enough for her--and the base model comes with...

Intel's "Next Unit of Computing", a small Mac Mini sized device, discontinued by Intel but picked up or sold to Asus. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-nuc-systems-agreement.html Shel B, have you considered a Mac Mini for her? I thought I saw you would qualify for an...

Great articles/links, thank you!