I’d been holding off on writing this post on account of wanting to see if anbody’d snapped pictures of me on course, and general laziness, but I did make it out to both days of the KC Championsips this month.  It was, err… interesting.  I guess that’s one way to put it. Continue reading »

With the Kansas City Championships coming up this weekend, i was anxious to get some half-decent rubber on my car to justify competing.  I’d poked around a bit around town getting quotes and comparing tires, but hadn’t really committed until Sunday, when I buckled down and bought a set of General Altimax RTs from Tire Rack.  They’re no Potenza RE-01s, I know, but they’re the best all-season tires available in sizes fit my puny 13-inch steelies, and I need something I can use in the winter.  They arrived yesterday and I got them mounted this afternoon.

I knew that the no-name budget tires that used to be on the car were bad, but I didn’t know they were THIS bad!  Continue reading »