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Just read an article on the internet about a Arlington Heights Ford dealership marking up a Maverick Lariat $20k. $54k total. They have two Broncos marked up to $80k! That is just pure greed. I hope they just sit on the lot unsold, but I'm sure someone will be stupid enough to buy them. This dealer is just north of Chicago. I understand supply and demand, but I also understand pure greed when I read about it.
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Check the manufacturing date on the tires. It's the 4-digit code next to the DOT designation. For example, 1622 indicates that the tire was made in the 22nd week of 2016. Tires are generally considered OK until they get about 6 years old. Any older, and it should be replaced because they die from UV and ozone exposure even if they are not driven.
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Check your tire pressure. Older cars without TPMS will not warn you. My TPMS was activated. The tech at America's Tires under inflated my new tires. Despite the work order ticket being printed with the correct pressure. Dude decided that he had a better idea. I just don't want to drive 10 or 12 miles to go back and make them fix it.
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My tires were checked when I had the oil change/car wash at Red Carpet car wash earlier this month. They are fine. Just interested in when the tires I bought were made.
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My new tires are fresh. 14th and 15th month of 2022. Not that it means much since they are off brand. A brand I never heard of. Probably from China. Only 40,000 mile warranty. They were priced at about half of what a brand name tire sells for. I should be okay with them for at least a few years. If they are really bad, I will get something else. If they work out, then I saved a little money.
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That is just brutal. I start whimpering when it gets over 90, but I have always believed I was a heat wimp to begin with. Be glad you don't live in Phoenix. I've read a couple of things recently that said there may be a time in the next decade or two when that place might be uninhabitable; at least in the summer.
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I stay in my lane. 55 is just the right temperature for me. Growing up, we didn't go on summer vacations. We took winter trips. I got to be in Vegas during a flash flood. Rain in Vegas. Water rising knee high in the middle of the desert. I remember flying in a lightning storm in the desert of El Paso. In a small craft. 1 of those little planes where you are actually sitting right behind the pilot. The pilot said it was his 1st time also.
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