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Originally Posted by cfg83
salty9 -
Yup, that's why I do a GPS/Odometer correction check every 6 months or so.
CarloSW2
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Interesting, you just sparked a light bulb here. I had noted that when my car was being driven within it's first two weeks that my GPS read a faster speed than my Odometer read. This really bothered me because with my previous Colorado pickup truck the GPS AND the odometer were in 100% agreement on the speed I was going.
Now after all of these weeks since the day I purchased my XFE Cobalt I notice my GPS and odometer are back in sync with each other, they both display the exact same speed. I wonder if 4,000 miles is enough wear on the tires to explain this? I can not detect any wear on my tires as of yet- it seems to be a really hard rubber compound they make these types of tires with.
Speaking of TIRES:
This is a 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT with after-market wheels and tires. I owned a 1985 and the stock wheels and tires were not as nice to look at. The body was made of PLASTIC!
I was reminded the days of my youth when I saved up a large down payment and got my dream car of 1985- A Pontiac Fiero GT. The Eagle GT Radials were stock, and boy did they wear out FAST! But, the car could take corners as good as a Corvette. It was very fun to drive. EPA MPG was something like 25 and LOWER- it had a Buick made V-6 in the rear of the car, and the engineers caught a lot of heat for placing a 3 quart oil pan on this engine which lead to hundreds of car-fires (It needed a 4-5 quart pan that was too large for the space the car had). GM ended up paying dearly for such an obvious mistake, thus the main reason that car did not stay in production very long(LAWSUITS!). It was before standard airbags hit the market, and being a plastic body, it scared many people in case of a wreck. Also only 3 of the 6 plugs were easy to replace (the engine was in the rear with enough trunk space for one handbag or purse!, the front hood was to cover the sunroof when it was removed and stored) One needed a fancy tool to reach the other 3 plugs at the bottom of the car- the best method was to have the car up in the air and then reach up and change them, it was a big issues with owners back in it's day. I think it was built for less than 5 years, but the very first year sold great for them with numbers well above 100,000 Fieros the first year. BUT, it was no fun having to replace the Good Year soft compound Eagle tires. True the tires gripped the road like a race car on dry pavement......
But the tread wore of off two sets of these tires at close to 10,000 miles each! I finally got some much harder compound tires on the beast and then it rode like a camel on a road with a earthquake fault line. But the tires had the lifespan of triple what the soft Good Years Tires were giving me. I do not care how smooth a ride is, nor how well the tires grip, I feel a set of 4 tires need NOT be replaced every 10,000 miles. I gave up some cool cornering ability in order to have tires make it another 20,000 miles before needing a change. Modern day tires have really came a long ways and are much better in every way, except maybe price.
Hmm
Thanks.