Any parts made from copper will be more valuable than steel pieces. Parts like alternators and starters contain high amounts of copper. Good tires with lots of tread left can be re-sold for more money. Conversely, bad tires cost money to dispose of. Any electronic, or computer-based compon...
If your tires are moving, so are your pedals. So much for coasting! Most fixies do not have brakes–not even coaster brakes like your old BMX bike! A fixie rider has to stop the bike by resisting the pedals. By avoiding modern technology, fixies are the black sheep of bikes. Oct 13...
Traveling over narrow roads, barely wide enough for a car, twisting along the edge of Oregon’s rocky coastline, drop offs that would have you Oooing and Aweing at the scenic views if you weren’t praying for the road to stay firmly under the tires of your 20 plus tons of heft. ...
They will be taken aback at your offer, but it will place any unreasonable expectations they may have in stark perspective. As a rule of thumb, if you are near a populated place, you will ultimately settle by parting with an amount of cash equal to about 10% of the wholesale value of ...
Both overused and unused tires are sometimes used for various purpose that open doors for environmental degradation that causes different kinds of diseases and negative social issues. That is why we need to take good care of our tires or else, it will put to waste and someone might take ...
I rebuilt the hub into a new rim once too because of Seattle Sidewall Syndrome, burning through brake pads and tires and blowing out Carhartts and Dickies. Drinking and working through dark Seattle winters as a messenger, the White Industries freewheel was the last thing on my mind. I ...
Two days later, the tires on my car were slashed in the school parking lot. The afternoon after that I was standing outside for bus duty and Shawn drives by the school parking lot in a known gang car, sitting in the front passenger seat. He leans out and mimics firing an automatic w...
It's me, the guy that was in the gray truck from the highway merge yesterday on 295. Now, first off, I just wanted to say I'm sorry if you were nervous when I first started merging onto the highway. If we're being honest, I don't think I really did anything aggressive, ...
They may seem thin by today’s standards however these tires mixed with the Z28’s top handling suspension package equated .84 to .88g on the skidpad – very impressive numbers even by today’s standards. The 1984 Camaro Z28 L69 was named by Car and Driver magazine (May 1984) the "...
Giving up so much price in the name of sales volume is a questionable strategy. For now, let's stick to the ad. It was humorous and right for VW. The Super Bowl is getting smaller in the rearview mirror at this point, but while I'm on it let me talk about one more ad. It ...