14" tires

[David Pertuz]

LOL.

I checked Amazon...lots of random Chinese tires, and a set of South African
Dunlops (?!)

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>
wrote:

> Now Mike's a terrorist with all his guns and sh*t
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> *From:* se-r <se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org> on behalf of Frey, Richard K <
> rfrey at iupui.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:09 AM
> *To:* se-r at se-r-list.org
> *Subject:* RE: 14" tires
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> It is a long time.  Does the previous post reflect an old guy that is
> bitchin’ about the young dude on his phone? Talk about the circle of life.
> 20 years ago it was some old guy complaining about the hooligan that was
> ‘winding it out in second gear’  in the next lane in some Nissan.  If fact,
> you were just going 2nd to 4th and wanted some extra rpm due to your 3
> gear pop out.  J
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> Seriously, Thanks for this listserv as it has taught me so much.  My
> knowledge about turbos went from infancy to usable due to the time that
> Mike Kojima and others invested in teaching us lurkers.  Many thanks.  I
> also learned a bunch about suspensions here.
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> *From:* se-r [mailto:se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org] *On Behalf Of *David
> Pertuz
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:42 PM
> *To:* Jaret Rapp
> *Cc:* se-r at se-r-list.org
> *Subject:* Re: 14" tires
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> Indeed! I am sort of amazed that I have had my car for almost 24 years
> now.
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> I was nearly rear-ended at a stop sign the last time I drove my SE-R (by,
> as expected, a young dude who wasn't paying attention because he was gazing
> into his phone or whatever). If that had happened it would have obviously
> totalled the car and, I would have been very sad for it, but would have
> eventually gotten over it. Then I would have been able to immediately start
> seriously shopping for a non-boring replacement for my boring appliance
> car. but I just can't bear to get rid of the SE-R!
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> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jaret Rapp via se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org>
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> btw, not for nothing, do you all realize this list is still alive after 26
> years!!!  And some of us still have their original SE-R!!!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
> To: Christopher Scarpulla <cscarpulla at gmail.com>
> Cc: se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 5:29 pm
> Subject: Re: 14" tires
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> Yeah, I just saw those again today. A bit mixed on whether I want to put
> tires like that on. Even when it comes to high-performance tires, which is
> what I'd prefer, I'd rather have all-seasons for the rain traction and
> grip. And if it is cold but not yet snowy, I'd rather leave normal tires
> on, but summer tires are terrible in cold weather. I still remember sliding
> through a red light in Detroit at 15mph because I couldn't stop due to
> being on a thin coat of snow on summer tires on the car I was driving.
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> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Christopher Scarpulla <
> cscarpulla at gmail.com> wrote:
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> David,
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> Tire Rack has these little beauties.
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> DIREZZA ZII STAR SPEC
> <http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Direzza+ZII+Star+Spec&partnum=86HR4Z2SS&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes>
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> Extreme Performance Summer
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> Size: 185/60R14 82H
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> And as far as 195 or 205/50-15's go, I think we can thank the early Miata
> crowd for keeping the manufacturers pumping out a good supply of them.
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