I have a set of Yokohama AVID Ascend GT's on my Accord. Two years old and 15k miles. I like them quite a bit and would buy another set in a heartbeat.
Our town has a big recycling center nearby. I make weekly trips there to get rid of cardboard, paper, and plastic/metal food containers. Problem is it's also the town dump and garbage collection area. There are construction vehicles in and out all the time dumping waste from job sites, which unfortunately means there is all kinds of debris like screws and nails on the paved surface. I always knew I'd pick up something, it was just a matter of time.
So now I have a screw in one of the front tires, right on the outer tread block as it starts to round off to the sidewall, right where they say it can't/shouldn't be plugged even though it'll take a plug and fix the immediate problem easily. Wonderful. Two new tires are now on their way from Amazon as I write this. It frustrates me knowing that even though I'll soon have two brand new tires on my car, I'll still be making a weekly trip to the recycle center because I have no other options. I guess I'll keep the one good tire as a spare but it seems like a waste to get rid of the one with the screw.
Oh, and also my car is due for inspection by the end of the month, something I wanted to get done days ago but now can't with a big obvious screw head sticking out of the tire so I guess that'll now be happening at the last minute. Awesome.
/venting
Our town has a big recycling center nearby. I make weekly trips there to get rid of cardboard, paper, and plastic/metal food containers. Problem is it's also the town dump and garbage collection area. There are construction vehicles in and out all the time dumping waste from job sites, which unfortunately means there is all kinds of debris like screws and nails on the paved surface. I always knew I'd pick up something, it was just a matter of time.
So now I have a screw in one of the front tires, right on the outer tread block as it starts to round off to the sidewall, right where they say it can't/shouldn't be plugged even though it'll take a plug and fix the immediate problem easily. Wonderful. Two new tires are now on their way from Amazon as I write this. It frustrates me knowing that even though I'll soon have two brand new tires on my car, I'll still be making a weekly trip to the recycle center because I have no other options. I guess I'll keep the one good tire as a spare but it seems like a waste to get rid of the one with the screw.
Oh, and also my car is due for inspection by the end of the month, something I wanted to get done days ago but now can't with a big obvious screw head sticking out of the tire so I guess that'll now be happening at the last minute. Awesome.
/venting