New England B.S. Thread

@js312 owns them, he’d be able to answer you.

 

How much did you pay for those coopers?

 

3+ inches here now and it's still going.
Commute tomorrow will suck.

 

Sometimes I will just jump of 36 drive down DW over to E Dunstable. I’m off 4 . There is always someone in a ditch

 

About $600, but when I bought them there was a $70 rebate which brought it down to $530 once I got that back.

 

Intumescent paint?!?!? That shit is stupid expensive, no wonder this project is costing you so much!

They both price match so you can work a deal with either of them. Find the tire you want and get one of them to price match the best price you can find.

 

Says we got 7 inches, with one more in progress. I'll be taking the plow out in an hour or so and have a better idea. Hopefully the ground is hard, luckily it's been cold lately so I should be okay.

 

I had a wall of snow this morning at the end of the driveway...so much for testing out new tires in the POS Civic

 

I woke up around 2AM and took a look outside. Looked like it was done snowing but not raining yet, back deck had probably 6 inches I'm guessing. When I went out this morning to go to work only about 4 inches left because of the rain and it being 40*.

 

@m603holden Well hello everyone! Just joining TW and figured I'd pop in to say hey.

 

Welcome to the show!

 

I just received confirmation on those LED headlights...
One of the bosses has a new vehicle with them and said he couldn't see a dam thing yesterday, ended up just putting his fog lights on.

 

Welcome

 

This morning they did well. Acceleration and handling was pretty good--there was only one section where I used 4WD, I think they're almost on par with a true snow tire as far as that goes. Braking there's a little more of a difference--it isn't bad, but you do have to be conscious of when stopping might be more difficult and keep distance. For braking, they're about the same as my last dedicated snows when they were about halfway through their life.

Overall, I'm happy enough with them so far where I'm glad I didn't spend the extra $600 on wheels, sensors, etc.

 

Diode makes a single stack 6inch led bar in yellowish (more yellow than amber). "When installed as a pair and aimed in accordance with your state's regulations, the Driving pattern meets SAE J581 as a Driving/Auxiliary High Beam Light, and the Wide pattern meets SAE J583 as a Foglamp, for legal on-road use. Please check your local laws and regulations for aiming, installation, and applicability."
https://www.diodedynamics.com/ss6-stage-series-6-amber-light-bar-one.html

I use these for winter/foggy weather with no issues. I have it wired to turn on independent of the headlights. This morning at 5:30am I only turned on the headlights on the highway because idiots kept flashing me for "no headlights" or some bs despite my tail lights being on.

 

About 300 per 5gal, should cover 80-90sq ft.

The plan is to drywall it, as Im going to finish about half. Looking at the paint for areas behind ductwork, etc.

That is not part of the contractor cost. Its almost the same cost applied, as the foam.

For what its worth, they arent done, and it already made a huge difference.....

 

I have the falkens now, but have done toyo and ko2 in the past instead of winters and had no issues. I am going to do some more shoveling and snow clearing in Hancock in a minute so will know how they do. But the other day on ice they were just fine. I don't think you need to buy dedicated snows if you have a good set of AT's. I've been tempted but never seen a reason. Cousin had my wife asking me if she needed snow tires last night actually because my cousin was freaking out she didn't get hers on yet. So I asked my wife "have those tires been good the last two winters?" And she realized we don't need to buy another set of tires real quick.

Excited to see it when it's done, Looking at what hasn't been finished that attic was pretty much giving away your hot air as fast as possible before.

Got out and plowed and shoveled, we have 5-6 inches I'd say and its still lightly snowing. Now I gotta go plow and shovel in Hancock

Builder says only about 4 inches down there. Need to clear it before it goes to ice and slush though, we have a wedding Saturday.

 

one day closer to spring

 

Hey you made it. Welcome aboard .




And yeah the drive at 11pm last night was fun. The duratracs did well thought . I'm sure the weight in the bed helped too