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The real question is - did you remember to grab the replacement power window switch I left on the tire of the Previa, or did you forget and run it over??
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LOL. I'm such a spaz. Yes, I forgot it was there but I was reminded by a clatter outside. Luckily, I did not run it over! I installed it yesterday! Yay. No more reaching across the seats to open/close the window.
I just ordered the Rad. Found one for $62.50 delivered. Yay internet.
Getting around 65 mpg so far according to the display. Still learning how to squeeze this thing.
Dunlop SP 31 Tires @ 44 (max sidewall) Anyone know if these are LRR?
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Last edited by orange4boy; 09-10-2013 at 02:42 AM..
Reason: Tires were SP31 not SP37
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09-10-2013, 03:20 AM
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Answered my own question:
Dunlop SP31 Tires are LRR only in sizes:175-65-15" and 195-65-15". Not in my 175-65-14" Insight rims.
RE92's are my only hope. Darn you Nokian! Where's the insight love?
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09-10-2013, 03:36 AM
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65 mpg? Hax!!! ha ha. Though I do drive mostly in Richmond traffic, which is terrifying as anyone around here can attest, and not the best place for a car like an Insight and it's tall gears to roll around in. And the tires on it are fine, just leave them! Sorry, I am getting all twitchy because my lil spaceship is gone...like the guy my dad bought his Corvette from back in the '60s, he'd see my pops in traffic and flag him over, then walk around the car and make sure it was being taken care of!
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09-10-2013, 02:28 PM
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Whoa there, cowboy! I'm not dating your sister! Unless you are a cyborg and both you and the Insight are from another planet where all cyborg machines are related to each other and to one huge mother robot machine who's plan for world domination includes populating earth with sleeper cars which transform into killer car-bots on remote command and take over the world by ruling from the roads, forcing humans back into the wilderness where we fight a seemingly futile resistance by staging attacks on the usurping bots on secluded forest roads with logs and sling shots. If so, then I promise, my intentions are honorable.
Don't get me wrong the Dunlops are good tires. Nice and grippy. I'd rather have these than the RE92's. ( I know... Sacrilege! ) I'm thinking long term here. They will wear out eventually. No need to end in fisticuffs. Ha Ha. At least not until I slam it, slap on a set of 18" air blenders and drop in a riced out Acura engine with a 6" pipe out the back. 
p.s I am SO kidding.
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09-10-2013, 02:29 PM
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Oh, The HORROR!!!
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09-10-2013, 11:27 PM
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How did you know my master plan?? I have been trying to take your Prius advice, but when my US connection went to order that Optima for me at the place with the best price, it was backordered. Dang, now I have to find one up here. Saskbattery will sell them for $180 ish shipped, but I am trying to find one local I can just go pick up.
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09-11-2013, 03:43 AM
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I got mine at Lordco with an account. I'll see what I can do.
Ha ha, War_wagon: YKYAAIOW... there's a pile of fir needle detritus and spider webs under your gas cap cover from lack of use while the rest of the car is clean. Why didn't I take a picture?!?
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09-11-2013, 04:02 AM
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Hmmm, ya I guess it hasn't had any fuel put in it for a while! I put some in before it went to the movie set, but that was in a park so I am guessing it spent a lot of time under the trees.
Since you didn't get a pic, here's one for you. My '87 Celica GT airbox. The white thing at the top is the air filter, and the mess below it is what was stuck to the bottom of it! I am guessing the previous owner drove around in the fall a lot? Needless to say it runs better once I cleaned it out ha ha. 
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09-11-2013, 05:14 AM
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No Dude, that's an organic hemp recycleable air filter from the harrowsmith catalog.
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