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Old 06-28-22, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1111GS
Wow thanks! I always thought the better ones should be in the front because of the engine weight.

Is this the same for RWD?
Even more so for RWD since power flows to those tires.....at least in RWDs case the turning and braking is done by the front and the car is at or near 50/50 weight
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Old 06-28-22, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
We had that issue with the old IS350, different sizes. That's neat for the driver who would explore that car's true capability but just for every day transportation it got old fast, how that car ate through tires and having two different sizes.
My wheels are staggered, that’s why I had to replace the Michelins so early, they had life left in them but the outside shoulders of the front tires were totally bald because they couldn’t be rotated.

As for the tape lines in the garage, this is what I’m dealing with lol



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Old 06-28-22, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
My wheels are staggered, that’s why I had to replace the Michelins so early, they had life left in them but the outside shoulders of the front tires were totally bald because they couldn’t be rotated.

As for the tape lines in the garage, this is what I’m dealing with lol


LOL. That made me laugh.
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
LOL. That made me laugh.
Its crazy lol. Drives me nuts!
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Old 06-29-22, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its crazy lol. Drives me nuts!
Maybe you need to paint a real yellow painted line
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Old 06-29-22, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Maybe you need to paint a real yellow painted line
Wouldn’t matter! In order to park precisely you have to use your mirrors and she won’t use them. She insists on using the cameras.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Wouldn’t matter! In order to park precisely you have to use your mirrors and she won’t use them. She insists on using the cameras.
Oh, that's what you meant by she doesn't use the mirrors. I thought she was using park sensors only or something lol!
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Can you "work around the issue" by laying a new tape line based on what's visible in the overhead or 360 camera view, rather than the actual tire placement?
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Old 06-29-22, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by geko29
Can you "work around the issue" by laying a new tape line based on what's visible in the overhead or 360 camera view, rather than the actual tire placement?
I just re-park it when its parked wrong lol
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
My wheels are staggered, that’s why I had to replace the Michelins so early, they had life left in them but the outside shoulders of the front tires were totally bald because they couldn’t be rotated.

As for the tape lines in the garage, this is what I’m dealing with lol

I'd park the Pacifica outside and build a shed around back to store junk & lawn stuff.
Then I'd have room to make a nice work shop for myself, but that's just me.

I've never used the garage for parking cars on any house I ever lived in, I'd build a carport or extend an awning and save the garage for fun stuff. lol

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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I just re-park it when its parked wrong lol
I am still trying to accept that a parked car is not going to be parked for long lol. That's even if my OCD side doesn't like that my wife consistently parks the BMW angled slightly to the left. If I park the Lexus perfectly centered on my side of the garage, it's a little tight getting into the driver's side of the car, especially in the back, so I try to compensate for that. Again, part of me does not like that.

Side note: Due to the steep angle of our driveway, we can't reverse our cars into our garage without scraping - or at least not reliably. That would probably make it easier to line up straight. But as you have shown, cameras != reality.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its crazy lol. Drives me nuts!
‘You need to battle your wife even more…lol….build a curb…or come home with one of those concrete highway dividers

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Originally Posted by Margate330
I'd park the Pacifica outside and build a shed around back to store junk & lawn stuff.
Then I'd have room to make a nice work shop for myself, but that's just me.

I've never used the garage for parking cars on any house I ever lived in, I'd build a carport or extend an awning and save the garage for fun stuff. lol
I don't have any need for a workshop, I have no skills in that department whatsoever lol. I'm a car in the garage kind of guy.

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‘You need to battle your wife more…lol….build a curb…or come home with one of those concrete highway dividers
I always say, she has one thing I don't have....and I like it lol So, I pick my battles!
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I don't have any need for a workshop, I have no skills in that department whatsoever lol. I'm a car in the garage kind of guy.



I always say, she has one thing I don't have....and I like it lol So, I pick my battles!
Lol. Of course.

Can you imagine if she came home and THIS was in garage?



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I'd be dead lol

In other news, in DC today road crews apparently opened up freshly paved 295 before it was ready, and cars got stuck in the tar:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...olice/3089260/

Only in DC...
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