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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux-hating Dimdows concern trolls, listen up
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:07:55 -0500
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On 12/19/24 8:48 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
> Le 2024-12-18 à 23:41, chrisv a écrit :
>> -hh wrote:
>>
>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I tend to agree, that the TPMS requirement for Win11 is not such a bad
>>>>> thing.
>>>>
>>>> s/TPMS/TPM/
>>>>
>>>> Can you tell that I recently bought some new tires for my car?
>>>
>>> Should have said you were in the market, for I have a set of dedicated
>>> snows on four rims that I'm looking to sell: 18” x 8" BBS SR's (bolt
>>> pattern 5 x 112mm), complete with TPMS sensors & 235/60R18 Continental
>>> Viking Contact 7 snow tires w/good tread.
>>
>> Shipping those would be expensive...  The wheels would fit, I think,
>> but the the 60 profile is taller than my 45's.  From an SUV, I would
>> assume.

Shipping could be costly, but you're in FIOS land, so it geographically 
wouldn't necessarily be too far of a drive, especially if we split it. 
And yes, these are SUV; I'd moved along the sedan set a few years back.


>> I went with Michelin X-Ice tires, breaking from many years of running
>> Dunlop Winter Sports.
> 
> My previous QX60 had Michelin X-Ice and they were wonderful. For the 
> longest time, they were the top-rated winter tires and have only 
> recently been surpassed by Toyo's offering. I wanted the same thing on 
> my new vehicle but they only had a choice of either Continental or 
> Yokohama. Since Continental is the absolute worst garbage I've ever 
> owned (bubbles form on the side of the tires after about 15,000km), you 
> can imagine what I purchased.

My preferences for winter snows has long been Vredstein, but the family 
shop that I'd been using for decades couldn't get them in stock during 
CoVid when I last needed to buy a replacement set, so I settled on the 
Continentals.  Conti is an okay provider...given sufficient years, one 
can probably find some complaint about most any of them - - case in 
point, I've had good success with Michelin, but ten years ago, I had a 
horrible time with a set which had a loud harmonic vibration which 
occurred only at my preferred long distance highway cruising speed.


-hh