Isaiah6113

Not me, I don't let my wife sleep onn long trips....if she starts dozing off, I hit the rumble strips on the side of the road to scare the crap out of her.....

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Get the dealer to do an alignment (it was a rental), change air and cabin filters, balance the wheels, check brakes for wear and sticky calipers. See if you can the service records make sure no outstanding TSBs, get the build sheet for a listing of all the options, price an extended warranty, depending on your driving needs. Look at a 7/160 bumper to bumper $0 deductible. You'd be done for years!

Get the dealer to do an alignment (it was a rental), change air and cabin filters, balance the wheels, check brakes for wear and sticky calipers. See if you can the service records make sure no outstanding TSBs, get the build sheet for a listing of all the options, price an extended warranty, depending on your driving needs. Look at a 7/160 bumper to bumper $0 deductible. You'd be done for years!

Bright Silver here... my first silver vehicle!

My wife had a terrible time last winter with the factory tires. So I decided to get her a set of winters for this year. There are many vehicles out there with the same sized bolt pattern & hub that you should have no problem finding good used sets for a decent price. I got a set of 17" alloy wheels with good snow tires already on them for $380 on Kijiji. They are from a Chrysler Pacifica. Some other vehicles you can get wheels from include late model Grand Caravan/Town & Country, Jeep Commander, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee and the VW Touran (same as a Caravan).
The size you need is:
Bolt pattern = 5 x 127mm or 5 x 5"
Hub diameter = 71.5mm
Here are some currently for sale on Kijiji:
Snows on steels for $400 (Burlington): http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-tires-rims-JEEP-GRAND-CHEROKEE-WINTER-SNOW-TIRES-RIMS-FULL-SET-OF-4-W0QQAdIdZ537848747
Snows on Alloys for $500 (Barrie): http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-tires-rims-Jeep-Grand-Cherokee-rims-Pirelli-Scorpion-Ice-and-Snow-Tires-W0QQAdIdZ537170880
Snows on steels for $200 (Kitchener): http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-tires-rims-WINTER-SNOW-TIRES-Champiro-225-65-17-W0QQAdIdZ537730787
Snows on steels for $290 (Simcoe): http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-tires-rims-Michelin-X-Ice-Snow-Tires-235-65R17-W0QQAdIdZ537752081

i just found this nice tool
Link to the tool
just type the last 8 characters of your VIN in the box and hit the go button...
if your journey have any TBS's or recall you will know it ..... i didn't get anything with mine .. ( wohoo ! )

The paint protection package is as required as the 'stain guard' - it represents extra money for the dealership at 100% markup for the MSRP - There is a dialog on the subject at www.redflagdeals.com. Here's a link to the first post in the thread: http://forums.redfla...up-buy-1102770/
For some reason; either there was some sort of database issue or else management seems to have deleted my signature with the details (no notes, no PMs, just found it missing this morning) - so rather than tempt fate, I edited it to suggest people PM me for details.