I did that when I was a noob. Chased their bonuses played their little games and just ran out of gas. Now I sit at home and run Lyft and Uber at the same time. Lyft at least shows me which shitty money losing trip to the dangerous parts of town they want me to go to. Uber keeps it a secret so I only take trips really close to me and I run Lyft to get back home. I don't freeze my butt off in parking lots or waste gas driving around aimlessly like an infected fish.
Why would your windows be down? Mine are always up but I tell passengers they can roll them down if they like. Wannabe alpha males are a pain in the butt. Often they are happy to tell you they are Alpha males as well. Had one of those the other day. He was wondering why his gf was leaving him. 😂 😏 People are so funny.
Aye that why my vents are always bringing air in from outside and I get it first. The only time I turn recirculation on is when passing the dairy farm.
To appeal to the widest audience I just put the radio to the local pop station. It plays pop music from the 1980's on up to current. I drive nights so I get to listen to John Tesh tips and tricks for healthy living between songs. I heart radio k103.3. I generally turn it down to 4 for most people but down to 3 for people older than me. And 2 if they are on the phone or talkative. I literally can't hear level 2 and can barely hear level 3. But it's background noise. Level four I can understand most of what's said.
Personally I'm always for the underdog and I hope Lyft gets smarter and creates a business model that creates enough demand people are willing to pay more for it. Considering some of their crippling policies and inconsistent tech support it might be a while.
People appreciate different kinds of music. The local pop station on low for background ambience is usually good enough. I try to be flexible. If they want something more grating and obnoxious it's only for that ride so no biggie. If they want the volume really loud then they should have brought their own music and headphones.
Lyft will shoot themselves in the foot and out of business because of their own policies. I don't drive for them anymore because they created a catch 22 in their punishment scheme they throw at you if you report an insurance damage claim. I was told to take my car to a well lit gas station and make a walk around video of it for their safety and cosmetic standards, some something blah blah. And then send it to them. Yeah you can't email attach a 500 MB file. They don't care, just regurgitate the same crap solution that doesn't work. I'm a problem solved though. I posted it to YouTube. Nope they aren't smart enough to know how to do YouTube apparently. So I went and got another vehicle inspection at my Lyft inspection place and submitted it to Uber. Now a few weeks into driving Uber. Pay seems a little better or the passengers are nicer with the tips. In my area I've been the only Lyft driver twice. I also put in 12 hour shifts when the weather is bad, snow ice and that sort of thing when half the other drivers take a break due to their car not being ready or increased risk. I had some regulars in my area I'll miss and the Lyft App is much more driver friendly but oh well.
Speed limit doesn't always equal reasonable and prudent. Every driver's manual from every state DMV will tell you this. Driving conditions can easily be a greater limiting factor than the speed limit sign.
That's what I was going to say. The cardinal rule is to drive for the conditions. The speed limit wasn't set based on night time driving. It was set for optimum driving conditions in daylight on dry pavement. Drives me nuts the speed people drive at when it's raining or snowing at night on slushy roads. And their defense is the speed limit is 55mph. That being said I can understand that on a raised road you could be doing 15mph and a deer could still tag you. You'd never see it coming out of the ditch. I've seen car hydroplane right off the road and a pickup pass me and then do a 360. Had a car pass me doing 140plus. And that's only when I was driving for Lyft (about a year). I think most drivers that have been driving for a while have some crazy stories they could tell about stupid drivers and car accidents. Be safe everyone, especially at night.
Actually that's already unsafe for wet roads and snow and wet grass. They will still work on dry pavement ok. But yeah those need replaced. Tires are easily unsafe way before they reach the wear bars.
I'd check that on the inside of the tire as well. If the tire went flat is it leaking from those cut marks?. Usually if a tire goes flat after hitting an obstacle it's done done. If those cuts go deep to the cords it's done and needs replaced though it might work for quite a while on a farm truck.
Yeah that tire is done. The protection meant for the cords is severely compromised. Flexing in that area will be affected due to lack of support. This will cause continued delamination of the carcass and eventually the tire will start seriously shredding itself. It could last a decent length of time on a piece of slow moving farm equipment. Something that never exceeds 10 mph
Patch it from the inside with a rubber core patch. It will be fine and outlast the tire. These scare tactics tire places and tire dealers use to sell new tires is unethical.
Of course you could put a new tire on that rim. It's a really bad idea though. Because the bent area won't support the tire the same as surrounding areas. This will put high stress areas on parts of the sidewall of the new tire. It might even affect wear even if you don't feel a vibration though I'm thinking that's bad enough it could vibrate. It could also damage or be damaged by the tire shops tire machine if the operator is barely competent, new or incompetent.
I’ve had the AT3 versions of this tire on my CUV and my pickup. I used to use snow tires on the CUV. These tires do very good in the snow. Even with 25% tread remaining, it did better than my friend’s pickup with AT tires with 75% tread. The little difference between them and the dedicated snow tires doesn’t justify the added expense in my experience.
I'm not sure what you are claiming as dedicated snow tires. There is no little difference between a winter tire and a no season tire, AT tire, LT tire. It's a massively huge difference with the true winter tire treating packed wet snow like a dry dirt gravel road where those other tires are sliding all over the place. And by either tire I do not mean some piece of crap with studs stuck in them. Those would be your snow tires. A winter tire is like x-ice, Hakapalita, or Blizzak.
Not sure I'm lazy about caring for my car, but with low-profile tires a difference of 5 psi makes a noticeable difference in handling while not being easily seen on inspection. I don't race my car, so I don't check the pressure each time I drive, all of which why a simple technology like TPMS is helpful in keeping my car safe to drive.
Oh it's a helpful technology for sure and I like them. It just doesn't change the fact that they aren't really necessary. Kinda like low profile tires. More of a liability in fact than ever useful. It's fun goading pickup trucks with low profile tires into the sand at the beach. Lol four wheel drive can't help you there if you crippled your truck with low profile tires. 🤣
Not everyone buys low profile tires for pickup trucks, where I imagine they would be a liability. I use them for performance on a low center of gravity car to increase performance in cornering, for example, where they are actually useful when they are at the proper pressure, which is what we were talking about. Tire. Pressure. Maintenance.
I'm obviously aware of the only legit use for low profile tires, i.e. racing. They are not that good for a daily driver judging by all the carnage I saw along the road this spring from a simple pothole. Including a stock Tesla or two. Blown tires and busted rims. Bad day for 9 to 12 folks. Police actually cordoned it off and it was fixed in a couple hours. Had to be a record for getting a on ramp fixed around here.
Heat "wear" is mostly internal rubber life. Not tread wear. I'd argue it would be mostly unmeasurable. Tires on ice wear is going to be so negligible with normal use as to not even be funny. Wear on wet pavement is accelerated literally by more tire spin because that's what people do and the water helps facilitate that wear much the same way a wet stone needs water to keep sharpening a blade. I could explain it in much further detail down to the bits of rubber coming off the tire but you strike me as someone that would post irrelevant videos as "proof". Especially if you think the ice generates heat, this conversation isn't worth my time. Everyone knows the flexing of the rubber generates the heat. I'm actually a fan of nokian tires. Your posting is extremely biased though and I'm pretty sure most ice racers would laugh at that video and "record". All the articles in your link are very flawed propaganda pieces by a writer that is so clueless he basically knows tires are round and that's it. Example: Extreme ice driving doesn't happen on ice that's -10 degrees! Extreme ice driving is done when the ice is literally starting to melt which is when it's most slippery.
Man you are some clown with super flawed logic. And you just live to put words in people's mouth. I'm not worried about carcass flexing at all and yet you claim I'm very very worried? What kind of liar are you? Fact! A lot of tire heat generated does come from sidewall flex. Fact! I have lived in WI and MI and I have driven on a lot of snow and ice. My wife is from WI in fact. Currently live in mountain country. Fact! The colder ice gets the better the traction. 33F is about the most slippery, aka extreme you can get. Fact! I have been researching and testing tires for a very long time. Fact! None of the original discussion had anything to do with ice racing. I've done racing and nothing about their"record" impresses me at all. If anyone really cared it could be beat rather easily. It's irrelevant to the discussion though. If you want to go on about ice racing then go to the ice racing thread.
Those are going to wear fast. I'd definitely keep them to low around town and the farm speeds. Are they dangerous you ask? Well that depends if you drive like an idiot right on the edge of control at 90 miles an hour than yeah they are dangerous but probably less dangerous than the driver. If you drive them like a sane person than the worse case scenario is an inconvenient flat.
Keyend is an idiot troll. There is nothing wrong with this tire other than some cosmetic stuff that will give you more traction in the snow. This tire either rubbed a fender or more likely spun the tire on some sharp rocks. If you want to try guessing the age of a tire look for micro cracks between the tread. These cracks are mostly meaningless but show up roughly around 4-6 year mark. These tires are real close to brand new as far as actual use. The original owner probably used them around a year or so.
The allowable difference in size may depend on the car and the type of AWD system it has. Subarus for instance are fairly picky about the tire size being close. Others may have different tolerances. But yeah this tire needs more evaluation.
Never drive rideshare for your only income. I tell people this over and over. It's only good for extra income because these companies are too fickle.
I was relatively busy last night. At least for me, not counting junk rides.
I did that when I was a noob. Chased their bonuses played their little games and just ran out of gas. Now I sit at home and run Lyft and Uber at the same time. Lyft at least shows me which shitty money losing trip to the dangerous parts of town they want me to go to. Uber keeps it a secret so I only take trips really close to me and I run Lyft to get back home. I don't freeze my butt off in parking lots or waste gas driving around aimlessly like an infected fish.
Why would your windows be down? Mine are always up but I tell passengers they can roll them down if they like. Wannabe alpha males are a pain in the butt. Often they are happy to tell you they are Alpha males as well. Had one of those the other day. He was wondering why his gf was leaving him. 😂 😏 People are so funny.
Fresh air. And it's always the stinky or sick sneezing and coughing mfrs that demand all windows be rolled up, even my own.
Aye that why my vents are always bringing air in from outside and I get it first. The only time I turn recirculation on is when passing the dairy farm.
To appeal to the widest audience I just put the radio to the local pop station. It plays pop music from the 1980's on up to current. I drive nights so I get to listen to John Tesh tips and tricks for healthy living between songs. I heart radio k103.3. I generally turn it down to 4 for most people but down to 3 for people older than me. And 2 if they are on the phone or talkative. I literally can't hear level 2 and can barely hear level 3. But it's background noise. Level four I can understand most of what's said.
This is one thing I enjoyed about those KN95s. Didn’t smell anybody’s scent for a very long time.
Kn95 literally does not even come close to blocking smells. It barely blocks the virus so it sure as hell ain't blocking odors.
I hate that woop woop woop woop woop sound it makes when they put the back windows down.
Crack your window in the front and it will usually cut the pressure oscillation.
Can someone show the 70% 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Lol. That's too funny. I wonder what they charged the passenger.
Personally I'm always for the underdog and I hope Lyft gets smarter and creates a business model that creates enough demand people are willing to pay more for it. Considering some of their crippling policies and inconsistent tech support it might be a while.
Was not much better in Portland today
I'm in the PDX market as well. Usually around midnight to 2am there's still some stragglers getting home from the airport.
Sometimes my music was "the wrong type"
People appreciate different kinds of music. The local pop station on low for background ambience is usually good enough. I try to be flexible. If they want something more grating and obnoxious it's only for that ride so no biggie. If they want the volume really loud then they should have brought their own music and headphones.
Some had suggested smooth jazz..
I wasn't able to find a smooth jazz station last I looked. I should try again. Probably better than elevator music. 😁
Lyft will always side with rider first and FUCK the driver. Been there done that.
Lyft will shoot themselves in the foot and out of business because of their own policies. I don't drive for them anymore because they created a catch 22 in their punishment scheme they throw at you if you report an insurance damage claim. I was told to take my car to a well lit gas station and make a walk around video of it for their safety and cosmetic standards, some something blah blah. And then send it to them. Yeah you can't email attach a 500 MB file. They don't care, just regurgitate the same crap solution that doesn't work. I'm a problem solved though. I posted it to YouTube. Nope they aren't smart enough to know how to do YouTube apparently. So I went and got another vehicle inspection at my Lyft inspection place and submitted it to Uber. Now a few weeks into driving Uber. Pay seems a little better or the passengers are nicer with the tips. In my area I've been the only Lyft driver twice. I also put in 12 hour shifts when the weather is bad, snow ice and that sort of thing when half the other drivers take a break due to their car not being ready or increased risk. I had some regulars in my area I'll miss and the Lyft App is much more driver friendly but oh well.
Speed limit doesn't always equal reasonable and prudent. Every driver's manual from every state DMV will tell you this. Driving conditions can easily be a greater limiting factor than the speed limit sign.
That's what I was going to say. The cardinal rule is to drive for the conditions. The speed limit wasn't set based on night time driving. It was set for optimum driving conditions in daylight on dry pavement. Drives me nuts the speed people drive at when it's raining or snowing at night on slushy roads. And their defense is the speed limit is 55mph. That being said I can understand that on a raised road you could be doing 15mph and a deer could still tag you. You'd never see it coming out of the ditch. I've seen car hydroplane right off the road and a pickup pass me and then do a 360. Had a car pass me doing 140plus. And that's only when I was driving for Lyft (about a year). I think most drivers that have been driving for a while have some crazy stories they could tell about stupid drivers and car accidents. Be safe everyone, especially at night.
Actually that's already unsafe for wet roads and snow and wet grass. They will still work on dry pavement ok. But yeah those need replaced. Tires are easily unsafe way before they reach the wear bars.
I'd check that on the inside of the tire as well. If the tire went flat is it leaking from those cut marks?. Usually if a tire goes flat after hitting an obstacle it's done done. If those cuts go deep to the cords it's done and needs replaced though it might work for quite a while on a farm truck.
Yeah that tire is done. The protection meant for the cords is severely compromised. Flexing in that area will be affected due to lack of support. This will cause continued delamination of the carcass and eventually the tire will start seriously shredding itself. It could last a decent length of time on a piece of slow moving farm equipment. Something that never exceeds 10 mph
Patch it from the inside with a rubber core patch. It will be fine and outlast the tire. These scare tactics tire places and tire dealers use to sell new tires is unethical.
Of course you could put a new tire on that rim. It's a really bad idea though. Because the bent area won't support the tire the same as surrounding areas. This will put high stress areas on parts of the sidewall of the new tire. It might even affect wear even if you don't feel a vibration though I'm thinking that's bad enough it could vibrate. It could also damage or be damaged by the tire shops tire machine if the operator is barely competent, new or incompetent.
I’ve had the AT3 versions of this tire on my CUV and my pickup. I used to use snow tires on the CUV. These tires do very good in the snow. Even with 25% tread remaining, it did better than my friend’s pickup with AT tires with 75% tread. The little difference between them and the dedicated snow tires doesn’t justify the added expense in my experience.
I'm not sure what you are claiming as dedicated snow tires. There is no little difference between a winter tire and a no season tire, AT tire, LT tire. It's a massively huge difference with the true winter tire treating packed wet snow like a dry dirt gravel road where those other tires are sliding all over the place. And by either tire I do not mean some piece of crap with studs stuck in them. Those would be your snow tires. A winter tire is like x-ice, Hakapalita, or Blizzak.
For this time of year those are pretty much done.
Not sure I'm lazy about caring for my car, but with low-profile tires a difference of 5 psi makes a noticeable difference in handling while not being easily seen on inspection. I don't race my car, so I don't check the pressure each time I drive, all of which why a simple technology like TPMS is helpful in keeping my car safe to drive.
Oh it's a helpful technology for sure and I like them. It just doesn't change the fact that they aren't really necessary. Kinda like low profile tires. More of a liability in fact than ever useful. It's fun goading pickup trucks with low profile tires into the sand at the beach. Lol four wheel drive can't help you there if you crippled your truck with low profile tires. 🤣
Not everyone buys low profile tires for pickup trucks, where I imagine they would be a liability. I use them for performance on a low center of gravity car to increase performance in cornering, for example, where they are actually useful when they are at the proper pressure, which is what we were talking about. Tire. Pressure. Maintenance.
I'm obviously aware of the only legit use for low profile tires, i.e. racing. They are not that good for a daily driver judging by all the carnage I saw along the road this spring from a simple pothole. Including a stock Tesla or two. Blown tires and busted rims. Bad day for 9 to 12 folks. Police actually cordoned it off and it was fixed in a couple hours. Had to be a record for getting a on ramp fixed around here.
What? Less friction = less wear. Less temp = less wear. Sorry, no, as long as you don't spin your tires like a moron in a civic, wet races save tires.
Heat "wear" is mostly internal rubber life. Not tread wear. I'd argue it would be mostly unmeasurable. Tires on ice wear is going to be so negligible with normal use as to not even be funny. Wear on wet pavement is accelerated literally by more tire spin because that's what people do and the water helps facilitate that wear much the same way a wet stone needs water to keep sharpening a blade. I could explain it in much further detail down to the bits of rubber coming off the tire but you strike me as someone that would post irrelevant videos as "proof". Especially if you think the ice generates heat, this conversation isn't worth my time. Everyone knows the flexing of the rubber generates the heat. I'm actually a fan of nokian tires. Your posting is extremely biased though and I'm pretty sure most ice racers would laugh at that video and "record". All the articles in your link are very flawed propaganda pieces by a writer that is so clueless he basically knows tires are round and that's it. Example: Extreme ice driving doesn't happen on ice that's -10 degrees! Extreme ice driving is done when the ice is literally starting to melt which is when it's most slippery.
Well, here's the problems.
Man you are some clown with super flawed logic. And you just live to put words in people's mouth. I'm not worried about carcass flexing at all and yet you claim I'm very very worried? What kind of liar are you? Fact! A lot of tire heat generated does come from sidewall flex. Fact! I have lived in WI and MI and I have driven on a lot of snow and ice. My wife is from WI in fact. Currently live in mountain country. Fact! The colder ice gets the better the traction. 33F is about the most slippery, aka extreme you can get. Fact! I have been researching and testing tires for a very long time. Fact! None of the original discussion had anything to do with ice racing. I've done racing and nothing about their"record" impresses me at all. If anyone really cared it could be beat rather easily. It's irrelevant to the discussion though. If you want to go on about ice racing then go to the ice racing thread.
Those are going to wear fast. I'd definitely keep them to low around town and the farm speeds. Are they dangerous you ask? Well that depends if you drive like an idiot right on the edge of control at 90 miles an hour than yeah they are dangerous but probably less dangerous than the driver. If you drive them like a sane person than the worse case scenario is an inconvenient flat.
Keyend is an idiot troll. There is nothing wrong with this tire other than some cosmetic stuff that will give you more traction in the snow. This tire either rubbed a fender or more likely spun the tire on some sharp rocks. If you want to try guessing the age of a tire look for micro cracks between the tread. These cracks are mostly meaningless but show up roughly around 4-6 year mark. These tires are real close to brand new as far as actual use. The original owner probably used them around a year or so.
The real question is, do you want to keep wasting money on something that's already in the air.
Could have, could have not. It's caused by excessive heat, which depends on many factors - distance you drove, speed, air pressure, etc.
The allowable difference in size may depend on the car and the type of AWD system it has. Subarus for instance are fairly picky about the tire size being close. Others may have different tolerances. But yeah this tire needs more evaluation.
I'd check that the rest of the rim is still straight. If it is then no serious worries though I would find a shop that could repair that.
Couple plugs will fix that right up. 😏🤣