114 days; Part II

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WESHOOT2
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Plans, awry, etc......


So further exploration showed the high-beam still working, so I bought a $20 Sylvania XtraVision H7, tried to insert in the dark, and decided that was dumb. So I stopped.
I'll try again at some point when I can see and it ain't deluging rain and/or snow.

Last tank Shell premium once again 24.9MPG. Either the formulation has changed for the season or those 80--110MPH extended runs and heavy dirt-dancing are catching up to me :shock:





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WESHOOT2
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Well kinda sorta.......


I got it in, but I didn't get it right.
Stopped at my local Suzuki dealer and the service manager came out, popped the hood, and fixed it right.
A few of us looked at the beams on their shop door and went "meh".
Testing commences tonight.

Last tank Shell premium 25.2MPG. Front tires almost bald.




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WESHOOT2
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"test then know"


Same for cars as ammo......


Testing confirms the new headlamp is of sufficient brightness and pattern dispersion, but nothing exotic.
Last tank Shell premium 27.8 MPG.




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WESHOOT2
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fast vs virtually bald front tires:



It never works out.
Nearly lost my latest Kizashi the other day heavily hammering un-VSC'd along a dampened hard-pack dirt road corner so off-cambered that it got progressively MORE off-cambered until you were simply in the ditch.
I didn't end up in the ditch, BUT I was sawing madly for a bit (the evidence was quite an artistic display of steering, across and back again down the road, carved right into the surface).
It was funny. I was lucky (?).

It's one of my 'regular' roads, and I decided --wrongly-- to push very hard into this particular corner.




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WESHOOT2
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Did I mention it was the front end washing out :shock: that started me weavin'--sawin' woes?
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WESHOOT2
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ditto to my own self:


I came very close again to bunching up the K, this time on my own road :oops:
Again, too fast, front washing out, but I did lose the left rear into the ditch :shock: , managing to slew/slide it out without scraping bottom or smashing off the other side.
Pretty marks....... :mrgreen:

So I bought a used set of Toyo H-rated snows in 225/50 R17, and will get them on PRONTO :lol:




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WESHOOT2
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Today 11/16/16 is pronto; Toyos mounting all balanced today.


Last tank Gulf premium 27.6 MPG (it's my right foot in control of mileage).





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WESHOOT2
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Except tomorrow they'll be pulling the wheel(s) missing its centering ring............oh well, no 110MPH testing tonight :mrgreen:
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WESHOOT2
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Waited till daylight :mrgreen:

Toyo OBSERVE GARIT KX 225/50 R17H STUDLESS PERFORMANCE WINTER TIRE

(I'd pumped them up to 40 PSI front 39 PSI rear first. Initial impression at this pressure suggests excellent turn-in, good wet-road bite, and not too noisy.)



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WESHOOT2
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So the Toyos offer excellent dry grip, even on unpaved surfaces (whew!). I CAN get them to screech, both cornering and heavy braking when not headed straight.

I expect they sacrifice snow performance to do so; we'll find out very soon. (I'm kinda excited to play in the snow again).


Last tank Gulf premium 26.1 MPG.





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