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To: Greg from Edmonton who wrote (2242)	2/13/2011 11:36:37 PM
From: Lahcim Leinad	Respond to of 5776

Yes, maintenance. Always a joy! (g) Me? Took one look at that original battery and knew instantly I'll be buying one soon, no need for testing. (g) Tires? Got five extras, so I'll be OK there, for a while. (g) Put about 300 miles on the new toy thus far. Love it. One thing for sure though: it'll need wheel alignment: pulls to the left, a tad. Other than that? Zero complaints, thus far! Best!

To: Greg from Edmonton who wrote (2242)	2/16/2011 4:10:08 PM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5776

Was pondering new tire choices for the wife's 2005 Equinox. Top choices seem to be Goodyear Fortera TripleTred (currently worn) and Hankook Optimo H727 (newer tire, highly rated, cheaper than the Goodyear). consumersearch.com Inflation Watch? moderntiredealer.com Hankook will raise prices across the board Hankook Tire America Corp. is raising prices on its consumer and commercial tires. They will vary by product line and size. The company will increase prices on its full line of passenger and light truck tires by a weighted average of 7%. The increases will go into effect April 1. Hankook will increase prices on its medium truck tires by a weighted average of 9%. The increases will go into effect on tire shipments made on or after March 15, 2011. "While Hankook remains committed to managing its manufacturing and distribution expenses, the continuing increases in the costs of energy, raw materials, and transportation makes it necessary to make this price adjustment," says the company. Hankook is the latest tire manufacturer to announce price increases this year. Consumer * Cooper will raise prices on its light vehicle tires effective March 15. The increases in total will average around 8% to 9%, with in-line adjustments. * Continental Tire the Americas LLC will raise consumer tire prices in the U.S. up to 6%, with some in-line adjustments, effective April 1. * Federal Corp. will raise prices on its passenger and light truck tires by up to 12% effective March 1. The percentage increase will vary by product lines and continents. There also will be in-line adjustments for all onward orders and remaining back orders. * Yokohama Tire Corp. will increase prices by up to 8% on all of its consumer tires effective March 1, 2011. In-line adjustments will be announced at a later date. * Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. will raise prices on all passenger, light truck and medium truck tires effective March 1. Kumho says the details of this increase will be provided to its customers in the near future. * Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will raise consumer tire prices on March 1. The increase, up to 6%, will apply to all brands in the United States and Canada. * Falken Tire Corp. also will raise prices on March 1. The price hikes on Falken passenger and light truck tires will range from 5% to 8% depending on the size, with in-line adjustments as needed. * Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC will raise replacement and original equipment consumer tire prices one month later, on April 1, The increases on Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand passenger and light truck tires in the U.S. and Canada will vary up to 8%. * Michelin North America Inc. ("the increases will vary by product line") raised consumer tire prices on Feb. 1. Nexen Tire America Inc. (up to 8%) did the same on Jan. 1.

To: Greg from Edmonton who wrote (2242)	12/17/2012 11:46:42 PM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Respond to of 5776

Update on the service, I am reminded I still need to replace the serpentine accessory belt! I did some internet research and found that the best value was to get a Kirkland battery from Costco as they are made by the leading battery manufacturer (Johnson Controls?). Of course the Costco pricing and warranty doesn't hurt either. As the OEM battery in my wife's Equinox was still going more than 7 years later (from 2005), I decided I would rather replace it on a nice warm day in late September rather than in a dark and frozen parking lot somewhere. And the battery was a fresh one, the date of manufacture was earlier that same month! The old battery did go dead and need to be jumped one time, when I had the lights on to fix the trailer lighting in the driveway this summer.