Originally Posted By: Bandito440
Originally Posted By: michaelluscher
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
Yeah I always think that the roads suck, then I realize they're actually great compared to MUCH of California roads which are terrible. The worst highways I've driven on were in Seattle, WA and Reno, NV. Absolutely TERRIBLE.
Come on up to "The Forgotten Borough" round winter time, and I'll show you what bad is.
The poor counties in Northern NY where the weather is much worse and salt use heavier might surprise you. It's really bad up here.
I'm not sure how far north you are, but here in Central NY (Onondaga county) a lot of the huge pot holes from last winter didn't get fixed.
Originally Posted By: michaelluscher
Originally Posted By: Miller88
I've never seen the roads as bad as they were this spring. There were a few holes where I was glad I has 85 aspect ratio tires!!
Lucky duck
I lost a Alloy and a Primacy MXV4 this winter, and they're 60 series H rated. By today's standards fairly tall and strong. Costco prorated me into a new Premier A/S
The OCD of 7k old tires being 1 mismatched is gonna be the death of me.
Credit where credits due, they were (and the Taurus itself) were superb in the winter, doing better then many OEM tired SUV's, or poorly piloted Cute Ute's.
I bent one of the alloys on mine in a pot hole once. Luckily, I found a matching wheel at a local junkyard!
Originally Posted By: Lapham3
I wasn't grumbling so much about the roads in general, but rather the nasty potholes(that may go unrepaired for a long time) we run into combined with the big wheels and aspect ratios of todays tires. I'm looking at a couple cars in the garage with 45 and 50 and the idea of those cars hitting the sharp edge of a deep pothole isn't pleasant. The local highway folks have bought some mochines that allow one fella to ride around and blow out a hole, shoot in some 'tar soup' and finish it with a spray of crushed granite. This fills most of the hole, but also seems to build up some around it. So the sharp edge is dealt with, but the result is not a very smooth driving surface=rumble-rumble.
The rubberband tires have some purpose, I'm sure. Just not sure what, exactly.
I think in the south where there aren't pot holes, they might work better. But up here, they don't hold up. May not be a bad idea to invest in a 'rim doctor' type of company!
We have the quick fill pothole trucks up here too. Was exited at first - thought that would help with the enormous potholes. Well, it did help for about a week, but they quickly turned back into big potholes in a short amount of time.