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Because I'm a cheap SOB who didn't buy a second set of wheels for the winter rubber.
Of course, while cleaning the summer tires for storage, I found something which has changed my mind, and I will now be purchasing said wheels:
Two years old, less than 3,000 miles, and ******* ruined by the jerkoff at the tire shop.
Fortunately, it was just one tire- the others are unharmed. And thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they're still in production, so I can get a replacement from TR.
Because I'm a cheap SOB who didn't buy a second set of wheels for the winter rubber.
Of course, while cleaning the summer tires for storage, I found something which has changed my mind, and I will now be purchasing said wheels:
Two years old, less than 3,000 miles, and ******* ruined by the jerkoff at the tire shop.
Fortunately, it was just one tire- the others are unharmed. And thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they're still in production, so I can get a replacement from TR.
Quit being a ***** and just add some of this where it is missing rubber.
Because I'm a cheap SOB who didn't buy a second set of wheels for the winter rubber.
Of course, while cleaning the summer tires for storage, I found something which has changed my mind, and I will now be purchasing said wheels:
Two years old, less than 3,000 miles, and ******* ruined by the jerkoff at the tire shop.
Fortunately, it was just one tire- the others are unharmed. And thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they're still in production, so I can get a replacement from TR.
Doubtful. The shop is a little hole-in-the-wall place run by some Polish guy who literally doesn't speak English, it was a cash transaction (I try to be nice to small businesses in this way), and at this point I can hardly prove they were responsible, or that they even touched the car for that matter
**** it. A new DZ102 is only $97 shipped from TR, and that's a better deal than driving back out to the 'burbs and arguing with Lucjan over whether or not some random knuckle-dragger in the back of his little garage tore up my tire. The lesson here is that if you don't live near a shop known to be reputable by the local racing community, pick a name-brand chain and pay by credit card.
On a completely unrelated note, Pooneh Hajimohammadi:
Fordite History:
Fordite, also known as Motor Agate, is a unique automotive enamel material with an interesting history. The original layered automotive paint slag "rough" was made incidentally, years ago, by the now extinct practice of hand spray-painting multiples of production cars in big automotive factories.
The oversprayed paint in the painting bays gradually built up on the tracks and skids that the car frames were painted on. Over time, many colorful layers built up there. These layers were hardened repeatedly in the ovens that the car bodies went into to cure the paint. Some of these deeper layers were even baked 100 times.
Eventually, the paint build-up would become obstructing, or too thick and heavy, and had to be removed. As the story goes, some crafty workers with an eye for beauty realized that this unique byproduct was worth salvaging. It was super-cured, patterned like psychedelic agate, and could be cut and polished with relative ease!
Wow! “RECYCLE IT!” seemed to be the resounding sentiment. And so it was...
As word got around about this remarkable material, it's been said that rock hounds started showing up at auto factories, offering to help remove that problematic paint!
Sadly, the techniques that produced this great rough years ago, are no longer in practice. Cars are now painted by way of an electrostatic process that essentially magnetizes the enamels to the car bodies. This leaves little, or no overspray.
The old factory methods that created this incredible material are long gone.
The Fordite “mines” are dry, so get some while you still can!
Doubtful. The shop is a little hole-in-the-wall place run by some Polish guy who literally doesn't speak English, it was a cash transaction (I try to be nice to small businesses in this way), and at this point I can hardly prove they were responsible, or that they even touched the car for that matter
**** it. A new DZ102 is only $97 shipped from TR, and that's a better deal than driving back out to the 'burbs and arguing with Lucjan over whether or not some random knuckle-dragger in the back of his little garage tore up my tire. The lesson here is that if you don't live near a shop known to be reputable by the local racing community, pick a name-brand chain and pay by credit card.
Do you have any desire to hooked into the local racing community? If you would like, that would be possible.
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