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  1. Well, just picked up a CPO RX330, low mileage, single owner car, full docs with regular maintenance history. It came with factory 18" wheels, and Cooper Zeon Sport A/S all season tires. The the reviews are limited on the Internet, I do think they are a bit loud (though nothing to compare them to except Nissan Sentra passenger tires) LOL Anyone have any experience with these tires? From what I have read on the net, the tires are quiet. In any case, when they tire wear out, I'll go for a more hwy oriented tire to see if there is less noise. Thanks for all the input.
  2. Thanks. It's a 60/40 split. I'll need to look if the seat overlaps, but that makes perfect sense!
  3. I understand the safest place to mount a baby seat all things being equal is in the rear middle seat. Where do you all mount the baby seat and why? does the middle seat accept the baby seat?
  4. One question your insurance will ask you is if you were waering your seat belt and if the bags deployed. They can deny claims if they find you contributed in whole or in part to your injuries - i.e., not wearing a seat belt. Did you tell the insurance company you were wearing your belt or not? They would probably find out from the data the you were unbelted at the time of the crash if they decide to investigate further.
  5. OK....let's roll this bag in super slow mo. What would happen if the airbags actually did deployed and Krissy was unbelted? Anyone have a super duper simulator able to model the outcome? Of course we are missing hundreds of variables and data point to properly determine the outcome. But, that is the point. We do not have enough information. All we know is she 'walked away' from the accident and the bags did not deploy. That alone is testament to the design and crashworthyness of the vehicle We really ought to get CSI involved to help out on this :D One more thing. I crashed a late model Honda Pilot at about 25 mph. I hit a guardrail on the fron left driver side. The airbags did NOT deploy, yet I walked away. I don't feel safe anymore in a Honda since the bags failed to deploy. So much, you get what you pay for. I also heard there have been many problems of this sort with Honda/Acura. Can anywell tell me why my airbags did not deploy???!!!! Honda Pilots are not safe cars. I no longer feel safe :chairshot: :chairshot: :D
  6. Thanks for the heads up. Valuable info here. On this mornings run I did spy a silver rh400 with 7 spoke factory alloy wheels. I believe these are optional on the 350 but standard on the 400. Too bad they aren't available in a 17".
  7. The 18" will have more contact patch all things being equal. Is the traction/handling negligible at this point between the two choices? This is an SUV though they say it drives like a car.
  8. Thanks for the feedback. All things being equal, will an 18" have more road noise vs 17"? Anyway, I'm not concerned about mileage as I only drive 9K miles a year. I don't need super sticky tires, but at least one that is quiet, smooth and avg/better than average traction. It's NOT going off road and I'm not going to take it on the track. Just freeway driving up and down the southern california coast. I have been known to take corners on my regular car faster than normal though :D
  9. Too bad. I thought we were here to brag, !Removed! a little, and help people. Not pi** them off. Maybe Dell tracked her down and took her laptop away before she formatted her hard drive on accident. Thus ensuring she doesn't go on their forum to imply Dell was not proactive enough to keep her from deleting all her files :chairshot: (I'm not endorsing Dell BTW)
  10. OK...I admit, I flirted with chrome rims as an option for my next car.
  11. Going to purchase new RX350. Is there any real world difference going with the 18s factory wheel upgrade va the stock 17s? It's only approx $450 additional at invoice cost.
  12. In southern Cal. Costco program is good for $500 over invoice on RX350. You can probably get them down to invoice since the 09 are coming.
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