Congrats on half a victory!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:25 PM
Subject: [OM] Update on the Buick story, was: No one caught my stupid error,
was: GH2 specs! wow!!!
> Not satisfaction at all on the tires but they have agreed to replace all
> four chrome wheels under warranty.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 9/20/2010 9:04 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> No, the only possible connection with Moose is that he has seen this
>> Buick parked at his house.
>>
>> Last year, at 28,000 miles the Buick scared the bejeezus out of me by
>> hydroplaning at 70 mph on I-81 in Pennsylvania during a heavy
>> thunderstorm. I thought sure I was going to lose it as it started
>> turning itself sideways but did manage to recover more due to luck than
>> skill. I was absolutely shocked because I'd not experienced
>> hydroplaning since about 1970. Both incidents were due to worn tires.
>> It was my fault for not inspecting the tires but in the past 15-20 years
>> I've not had a set of tires that lasted less than 60,000 miles. I was
>> not prepared for worn out tires at 28,000 miles on a $34,000 car.
>>
>> As a result of that experience I spent almost $800 at the Buick dealer
>> on a set of Bridgestone Turanza tires. I had spec'd those specific
>> tires based on some research showing they were highly rated as rain
>> tires. Following good practice the car was also given a 4 wheel
>> alignment when the tires were changed.
>>
>> Fast forward 8,500 miles. I took the car to the local Goodyear shop
>> which was offering a free tire rotation if you brought your car there
>> for the annual New York state inspection. They discovered very
>> significant tire wear to the edges of the rear tires due to serious
>> toe-in error. In short, the tires are not ruined but their life has
>> been significantly shortened. It's especially irritating since this car
>> gets almost no driving on the pot holed local roads. Its express
>> purpose is highway travel and it spends its winters in Florida. I
>> suspect error on the part of the Buick dealer's alignment guy which is
>> emphasized by it taking them until the 3rd alignment to get the car to
>> track straight after I bought it.
>>
>> Then, to top it all off, while I was inspecting the tires at the
>> Goodyear shop I noticed that the chrome plating on the wheels is
>> beginning to peel off. I'm not happy.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 9/20/2010 5:27 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>> To be honest the Buick story might be more interesting. Does it
>>> involve Moose and Mt Cadillac at all? ;-)
>>>
>>> On 18 September 2010 22:01, Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think my mind was distracted by thinking about going to do battle
>>>> with
>>>> the Buick dealer this morning. Long story.
>>>>
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