Re: Re: Tire Inflators   
     By: jahmas to Kurt Weiske on Mon Feb 15 2016 05:03 pm   
      
    ja> My wife has one that she leased and then bought when the lease was up. I   
    ja> felt very uncomfortable with it when I first drove it. Actually it is the   
    ja> only car that has ever distorted my vision when you combine my glasses Rx   
    ja> with the curvature of the front windshield.    
      
   I'm surprised I didn't run into that -- I've got progressive lenses.   
      
    ja> with the curvature of the front windshield. It's too low for any kind of   
    ja> snow but I did a tire search or tirerack and found her some all season   
    ja> tires that had much better snow and slush grip than the OEM tires.    
      
   It's too low for EVERYTHING. It bottoms out over everything, and cut a turn out   
   of a parking space with a curb to the side and SCRAPE!    
      
    ja> snow but I did a tire search or tirerack and found her some all season   
    ja> tires that had much better snow and slush grip than the OEM tires. This   
    ja> seems to be pretty much true of most OEM tires.   
      
   Mine came with bridgestone Ecopia EP20s, which got me about 41K miles. I bought   
   Michelin Defenders to replace them, and the handling improvement is like night   
   and day. And they're rated for 90K. I don't think I'll get that, but should get   
   better than 41K!   
      
    ja> Prius is the VW beetle for the new millenium. When Toyota's stock went   
    ja> down due to the accelerator pedal issue, I quickly bought stock in Toyota   
    ja> and sat on it for a couple of years and made a nice little profit too :)   
      
   One of the checklists in my scheduled maintainance stops is "check driver's   
   side floor mats" and advise the customer not to double-up mats.   
      
   The Prius came with flimsy carpet mats. I bought those custom WeatherTech   
   rubber mats and love them -- I live near the beach and my car is always full of   
   sand!   
   --- SBBSecho 2.33-Win32   
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