I would think those would be excellent questions for you to reach out to someone at TireRack.com for. Knowledgeable and helpful folks that lot.

Correct. You would need new tires at that point haha.

Hahaha well played...

Important here to remember that decibels are on a logarithmic scale so 5dB is pretty significant...

I considered myself to be a very knowledgeable car guy when I started with Michelin 5 years ago.

Ha, no. Just age. All things degrade over time. I mean, you’ve seen dry-rotted tires. Eventually rubber dries out. That’s just how the world works.

I mean, I hear you, but they’re a regulated height. They have to be a minimum of X.Xmm tall.

You rustle up some more stars and I’ll see what I can do.

Gotta remember that Jalopnik is part of the greater Gawker-shpere. I would assume this will show up on Lifehacker later where it will be greatly appreciated by the person who paid $150 to the dealership to have their hubcaps rotated last week.

Thanks for the kind words!

THANK YOU for talking about wear bars. I’m in tire design with Michelin and it boggles my mind how many places online tell people to go find a penny to check the depth. We are government regulated to put 6 sets of wear bars around a tire (not as easy as it sounds) and people don’t even know they exist...

Got some stuff you wanna talk about man..?

Something isn’t quite right in those numbers. A look at the first image shows that it’s not 9.2' tall unless those are some HUGE Russians...

Unless...he just really likes donuts.

That look at the end. That is not the look of a man who just had fun.

The fact that the Robin actually didn’t roll is the best thing I’ve ever seen.

Go look at the previous Focus Sedan compared to the Kia Forte sedan. The Kia looks so much like the Focus, especially from the back. As a fan of Ford, I still often confuse them on the road.

I think my favorite part of this video is the fact that there’s 48 sec of build up to what you expect to be a decent race only to witness the moment of impact 9 sec later.

Is this the road from the final chase scene of The Fast and The Furious?

How is this currently a strong NP..? I mean I get the allure and the good condition, but 195,000 mi? Maybe $5-6k but $8k is mega-CP.