Michelin has formally announced they will be making and selling .......tah dah: windshield wiper blades.......to be sold out of Target, Blains Farm and Fleet, and Strauss Discount Auto ..for now. wonder what they will use for advertising those, a baby duck! (like the baby in the tire......LOL)
Buy your tires at Cosco? Cosco is outfitting 390 stores with Nitrogen fill systems. Cosco will offer the nitrogen fill up for free to members who buy new tires, or to members that want to let the air out and put the nitrogen in. pretty good........!
Nitrogen is back as the 'thing to do' in the early 2000's... in fact..the forcast is 35 to 40 %of all drivers will be running it by the end of 2005.
Nitrogen, as i have posted before, reduces rust and corrosion on the rim and valve stem hardware, maintains pressure better as it does not "seep" nearly as a fast as air... and it remains the same temp..so you dont have that variance of pressure between hot and cold tires. of course, this all adds up to 'slightly better fuel economy'..
anywho....fyi
Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
Someone needs to design a wiper blade refill that will last more than 6-9 months. Hope these will. I have tried every brand and get the same results.
Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :
I usually buy the genuine GM replacement blades.
After using Rain X and the "real" GM blades they last for years! My '99 Suburban still has the original blades, no streaks and working great! (140,000 Km.)
Posted by SS_CarGuy (Member # 2065) on :
Ken........where can you get Nitrogen for your tires today?
Posted by KenC (Member # 189) on :
quote:Originally posted by SS_CarGuy: Ken........where can you get Nitrogen for your tires today?
start calling around... many indenpendant tires stores have installed fill stations for it. they usualy charge around 5 bucks a tire.
Posted by Mike2001SS (Member # 2088) on :
Thanks for the info Ken
Posted by BrostalSS (Member # 1830) on :
NASCAR has been using nitrogen in thier tires for years. Makes sense to me to tranfer it in the real driving world.
Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :
Can you mix nitrogen with air if the tire is low? or do you let out all the nitro before adding air?
Posted by Mike C (Member # 225) on :
quote:Originally posted by 2002Z4CSS: Someone needs to design a wiper blade refill that will last more than 6-9 months. Hope these will. I have tried every brand and get the same results.
Greg,
Sounds like you need to try some Zaino on the windshield...My truck wipers are 2 years old, still work like out of the box.
Ken, Very interesting article. Thanks!
Posted by CamaroSSgal (Member # 1870) on :
Wow! Nitro in tires? I haven't heard anything about that. Do you have a link to an article or more info regarding it?
