One of my Sumitomo HTR H4 tires started delaminating (forming a blister) under the tread after about 70,000 miles on them, so I replaced them with Bridgestone Potenza RE92 165-60R14 on 14" rims at 65psi. Normally I can notice a distinct drop in coasting performance when going to a new set of tires, but so far these new tires are coasting as good as the well worn Sumitomos. It will be interesting to see how well they coast once they get broken in.
One of my Sumitomo HTR H4 tires started delaminating (forming a blister) under the tread after about 70,000 miles on them, so I replaced them with Bridgestone Potenza RE92 165-60R14 on 14" rims at 65psi. Normally I can notice a distinct drop in coasting performance when going to a new set of tires, but so far these new tires are coasting as good as the well worn Sumitomos. It will be interesting to see how well they coast once they get broken in.
What rims are you using with those tires? How much were they? Good move, sir!
I'm using 14" OEM rims for the 2000 Civic that I got used for $35 each.
These are the OEM tires for the Insight-I.
I don't have any recent pics of the entire car since it looks about the same as it does in its earlier pics, but I'm sure there will be a bunch of pics forthcoming once I get it up to Hybridfest.
Thats awesome man, but you have to get people looking at you like your crazy driving that....lol
Rubberneckers and photographers can sometimes be an annoyance out on the highway as they maneuver about trying to get different views of my car and there are the usual stream of people coming over in parking lots and filling stations to ask questions. I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.
I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.
Kids and old(er) people seem the best audiences. Since I put on my Kammback, I've talked about it to 3 65+ year old people who thought it was neat or interesting. One was on a Harley and he said, "Bizarre"
Rubberneckers and photographers can sometimes be an annoyance out on the highway as they maneuver about trying to get different views of my car and there are the usual stream of people coming over in parking lots and filling stations to ask questions. I find kids are very fascinated by it since they don't have any preconceptions as to what a car should look like and think it looks cool.
Sounds like you need to keep leaflets in the car to hand out if you're in a hurry and can't stay around to explain :-)
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Specifically that size, there's none better for RR, I've heard.
