Hello everyone

I thought I come back and give some feedback on my tire purchase. I did finally purchase the General Altimax HPs in the standard OE size. Bought from Discount Tire and paid about...

I second this... [thumbup] Not dogging on you at all, you should have this done right. There is wiring under the covers and who know, you may plus things back the wrong way...

if you are not...

Get the Generals in the stock tires size... great winter tire.

Cool... I just think it would be cool to have like a packe of 10 XCs cruise into Leavenworth or a kit resort... or we can plan a snow shoeing trip or something...

I don't know if most of us have...

Nice, my 2004 has 40k

Alignment is the usual cause... usually, at maximum radius turns, your two front tires don't turn the same amount so they track along differently...

Alignment usually help and this is typically...

Spin on? for $6? So adding a metal can and added construction costs and it still is cheaper. don't you think you are getting a worse part?

Canister filters are great in many ways... less waste for...

Well, we are getting more snow in Seattle than I'd care fore and with the hills here... chains are selling well let's just say.

I bought a set of yokohamas once before in my life on a little...

Here is a quick link, I'm doing my research right now. I'm still leaning toward the Generals. You can't beat it for the money IMHO.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=152

I don't know... maybe head to that old bavarian town? Maybe some off-roading to try out the AWD...

So when I was an Audi owner, I enjoyed the group drives. Now I have my Volvo XC, I'm wondering if anyone else lives in the Seattle area and like doing group drives too. I know Howard is over here and...

Hmmm, does this mean I have to do my timing belt next year! Bummers... Any write up on how to do it myself?

Thanks

I'm buying tires right now as well... I'm planning on going with the General Altimax HP. At $96 a piece, it's one of the best values you can get. I ran General tires on my Audi S4 before and loved...

I just changed my spark plugs today so everything is pretty fresh in my head.

You will need a Torx 30 for the bolts holding all the covers and a Torx 25 for the two bolts holding the intake tube...

I'm on OE tires. Mine is not off by a certain MPH, it's off by a percentage. This shoes me that the speedo is not programmed correctly.

Actually, this kind of stuff happens all the time of the...

Stock size... Originals from the factor still. I know this kind of stuff happens when it's common platform. ECU might have been incorrectly programed as a V70 instead of the XC70 tire size.

I just...

anyone notice their speedometer is off? I've been matching it to my GPS and my speedo is definitely off. Maybe it was V70 setting and it was never adjusted to the larger tires of the XC70 at the...

Anyone know where I can get a spoiler pre-painted?

thanks

Just thought I share with everyone...

I just got my ATF changed at Grease Monkey after 28,000 miles. I started noticing the shifts were getting a bit rough. Grease Monkey uses Mobil fluids so I...

Yup... I hear yeah. All cars have their faults, ours may be endlinks.

I speak to my friends all the time about AM versus OEM

Being in the auto industry and specifically component buying and quality, I wish I could tell more people about the high requirement OEM have...

There's always some whacked out chance that air is flowing different. I mean, for Volvos, some wipers even turn different directions. If you want to verify on your car, take out the filter, turn on...

Unless your eyes can judge microns, you won't see any difference.

Look for an arrow on the side of the filter that indicated airflow direction.

Not on mine... towards the firewall, 100% sure on mine...

Because there is a difference in the material from one side to the other.

Air flows towards firewall...

You should not be able to install the filter incorrectly. Top of filter is angled, if you...