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I had a set of P Zero's on one of my cars a long time ago, not those exact ones but same class (UHP-AS). I recall they were pretty decent.

What are they going on, and what are they replacing? Just curious-
I buy nothing, but Pirelli tires. These are replacing Goodyear Eagle Sports that are on her 2019 Honda Civic Touring.

I have 4 Pirelli P7 AS Plus 3's on my 2018 Honda Accord Touring 2.0 T. These replaced some Michelin Primacy MXV4's.
 
So going from one UHP AS to another, that's ok should be similar ride/performance. Rather aggressive tire for a Civic but why not I've done similar things.
She's a teenager, so if she drives anything like I did when I was her age, which she does, these are perfect ;)

I remember my first set of Pirelli tires like it was yesterday. I put some P6000's on my 1986 Honda Accord LX--i in high school, those bad boys lasted forever & I was pretty hard on 'em. The P6000's now are nothing like they were back then. Since then I've been hooked.

I hate when I buy a new car and I have to deal with the original equipment tires, which when it comes to Honda's it usually means Michelin or Goodyear.
 
New frixion ball point pens:


New VGA cable for my monitor,

a few grocries.
hmmm...
 
Well after installing the new back door knob I had to go out and buy a spare key to give to my sister-in-law.
Hopefully, my next purchase, other than gas, will be on our vacation in the mountains.
Moonshine or a new pocket knife.
Or probably both.
 
Well after installing the new back door knob I had to go out and buy a spare key to give to my sister-in-law.
Hopefully, my next purchase, other than gas, will be on our vacation in the mountains.
Moonshine or a new pocket knife.
Or probably both.
Do you watch that Moonshiners show on the Discovery Channel? The white trash side of me finds it quite interesting :goofydroid:
 
Our first post-pooch purchase, or P³, is a new sofa to replace the old fabric sofa we've had forever. It has power recline and headrests. Costco price includes delivery, setup and package removal. It will be here next Saturday.
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Once you get used to it you will never go back to a regular one.

I am spoiled with mine, just can not imagine sitting on the couch and not being able to push the button to make it recline or tilt the head rest! The only thing is the leather is cold when the weather is cold, and no I am not leaving the heater on at night to keep the leather warm .... lol
 
Do you watch that Moonshiners show on the Discovery Channel? The white trash side of me finds it quite interesting :goofydroid:
Yep. I kinda enjoy the show too.
It's funny, all of them on the TV pretending to be hiding from the law.
We're probably be having breakfast at one of the restaurants that I see frequently on the show. Maybe I'll see Mike there.
 
So this idea came to me months ago. I am certain that many of you that have posted here in this thread no doubt have had the same thought a time or two. The last time you purchased a particular item or from a particular store.
These are some stores that have closed down or things no longer around
K-Mart
Circuit city
Toys R US
Babies R US
Payless shoe source
Kinney shoes
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Kaybee Toys
Carrows restaurants
Pam am airlines
Continental Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Saturn cars.(dealerships)
Pontiac cars (dealerships)
Bed, bath and beyond (yeah I know that there is the online version, just not the same)
Husky Gas stations (i remember as kid getting hires root beer when my parents would stop there for gas)
Buggle boy clothes
8 tracks
Cassette tapes
CD disc's
MP3 players (saw one at truck stop a few years ago)
VCR/VHS players (yes you can still purchase them, occasionally you can still find them at Walmart you just have to get down on your hands and knees and really search for them)
There's more but for now this is enough
 
I broke down and ordered a bicycle work stand. I've been wanting one and needing one for quite some time. This should make a lot of maintenance chores easier.
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I broke down and ordered a bicycle work stand. I've been wanting one and needing one for quite some time. This should make a lot of maintenance chores easier.
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That looks great. I wish I had the room for one. Most often I make do with ratchet straps hanging from the garage door opener mounting straps. (Yes, it’s as silly as it sounds, but it mostly works okay.) :D
 
That looks great. I wish I had the room for one. Most often I make do with ratchet straps hanging from the garage door opener mounting straps. (Yes, it’s as silly as it sounds, but it mostly works okay.) :D
I have roped my bike, hanging it from the inside of my shed roof. It works but the bike swings as I try to work on it and I long for better lighting. My shed is small and work lights always seem to be in my eyes as well as on the bike. I can set the bike stand outside when projects require better lighting. It's far from professional grade and was priced hundreds less. I'm not expecting the stand to be stellar but should suffice for the projects the average rider perform. BTW, this stand folds up into a nice compact unit for storage.
 
Not technically a purchase yet, but...

Before our new sofa can even get delivered, our fridge acted up. Neither ice maker worked. Yesterday, 4 hours before I was to be Master of Ceremonies at an event, I went to make smoothies with frozen fruit (we don't use ice). Fruit wasn't frozen.

Quick check showed a rapid increase in freezer temperature in that spot. Tech arrived in about an hour, charging us $137 to tell us it was the evaporator and the compressor on their last legs. $1000 and 2 weeks to get parts: in other words, we need a new fridge in a hurry.

Needless to say I did the best I could at the podium, while refrigerator shopping in the back of my head. Now the search gets serious.
 
Quick check showed a rapid increase in freezer temperature in that spot. Tech arrived in about an hour, charging us $137 to tell us it was the evaporator and the compressor on their last legs. $1000 and 2 weeks to get parts: in other words, we need a new fridge in a hurry.
That's a bummer Chief. We went through that miserable experience a year or so ago. Good luck on finding what your want and I hope it will serve you well.

My parents bought a new fridge in the mid sixties. After their children were grown they built a new home and the ten or twelve year old fridge became the beer fridge in the basement. The house was sold about a decade ago... yep, the fridge was still keeping the beers cold. It's a shame they don't make them to last anymore. :mad:
 
Not technically a purchase yet, but...

Before our new sofa can even get delivered, our fridge acted up. Neither ice maker worked. Yesterday, 4 hours before I was to be Master of Ceremonies at an event, I went to make smoothies with frozen fruit (we don't use ice). Fruit wasn't frozen.

Quick check showed a rapid increase in freezer temperature in that spot. Tech arrived in about an hour, charging us $137 to tell us it was the evaporator and the compressor on their last legs. $1000 and 2 weeks to get parts: in other words, we need a new fridge in a hurry.

Needless to say I did the best I could at the podium, while refrigerator shopping in the back of my head. Now the search gets serious.
Whatever you do, DO NOT buy an LG, Samsung, or Whirlpool. I had 3 different refrigerator repair companies tell me that, we bought a new GE about 6 months ago. And don't be a cheap scate, buy the extended warranty.
 
About a week before our wedding, my betrothed’s fridge started acting up. It had come with the house when she bought it, so we decided to replace it. Unfortunately the opening height was from an earlier age, se we were pretty much stuck with a conventional over/under, and smaller than we would have liked. We also had to paint the wall because the sellers had repainted to sell and just painted around the fridge. We ended up buying a Kenmore, which in this case is a Whirlpool. We removed the icemaker to make the small freezer a bit more useful (like you, Chief, we never use ice). When we’d only had it a few weeks the freezer wasn’t very cold so we had a tech out, who opened the freezer and said “There’s your problem.” We asked, “What” and he explained that you can’t stuff the freezer in modern fridges. So we ate some stuff and rearranged the rest and it worked again. Then, just before the warranty expired, water started showing up on the shelves of the fridge. This time we had to empty the freezer and the tech cleared the drain in the freezer. He said it’s a weakness of this model. (It doesn’t have the drain pan in the bottom as I’d been used to.)
We’ve been a little more careful with it and in a bit less than 2 months we’ll have been married 6 years. If it dies I’ll pull the cabinet above it and then we can buy a real fridge.
At least it was cheap; as I recall it was less than $600.
Good luck, Chief!
 
Whatever you do, DO NOT buy an LG, Samsung, or Whirlpool. I had 3 different refrigerator repair companies tell me that, we bought a new GE about 6 months ago. And don't be a cheap scate, buy the extended warranty.
Our first French Door fridge was Samsung - it was so bad that the technician, after 4 visits, wrote a 7700 code that forced Samsung to buy it back. Never again. LG got a bad rap early on for its linear compressor - but this is an LG, with all the bells and whistles, and it's lasted 10 years of heavy family use. For us, the advantages of the convenience outweigh the disadvantages... and absolutely: get the super-plus extended warranty and renew it as long as we're allowed to!
 
I worked in the apartment sector for many years and one of the best ones was to tell the tenant they had too much food packed in the freezer. Some just do not understand how that hampers the freezer from freezing ...

I have an Amana side by side with indoor water/ice and it is over 5 years old now, I will not talk about it and possibly jinx it !

I got this in yesterday, I cook everyday and am so glad to do away with the hand crank opener :

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We have an older Winix 5500-2 air purifier but while online ordering some new filters we ordered a second unit. This unit does an amazing job and is still top rated. The pros are it truly cleans the air. The cons are it's a bit noisy like a small fan and reading recent reviews it is a bit of a power consumer compared to it's competition. We like it well enough to buy a second unit thinking filters will fit both units and hope to eliminate the pollen that is driving the wife crazy.
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