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Old 08-17-2018, 08:18 AM   #451
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I'd order the performance upgrade, if I were you.
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Old 08-17-2018, 08:31 AM   #452
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Yeah. I feel like if you really don’t want the 20s you should be able to swap them for 19s with someone pretty easily.
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Old 08-17-2018, 08:36 AM   #453
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I just agreed to pay him $1,500 for paint.

I don't feel bad for him.
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Old 08-17-2018, 09:33 AM   #454
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I just agreed to pay him $1,500 for paint.

I don't feel bad for him.
Take even more pity on him and order the performance upgrade.
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Old 08-17-2018, 10:05 AM   #455
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Take even more pity on him and order the performance upgrade.
Yeah if you can update your order I'd do this.
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Old 08-17-2018, 10:29 AM   #456
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Old 08-17-2018, 11:02 AM   #457
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Yeah if you can update your order I'd do this.
I got the performance awd version (fast). Just not the 20" wheels and bigger brakes
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Old 08-17-2018, 11:45 AM   #458
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I got the performance awd version (fast). Just not the 20" wheels and bigger brakes
Ah ok. Cool.
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Old 08-17-2018, 12:33 PM   #459
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Is the E46 on the chopping block along with the Cayman?
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Old 08-17-2018, 01:50 PM   #460
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Seems like a lot less work to just carry a small tire repair (plug) kit. That'll cover you for any cases where you just get a puncture in the tread surface, which seems like the most likely scenario to happen out on the road.
I agree, but if locating the puncture and making the repair means standing/kneeling on the shoulder of the Beltway for 30 seconds longer than it would take to change to a spare, I'd rather go with the spare, leaving the repair for a less dangerous and stressful environment.

Only a small portion of my lifetime tire failures have been non-repairable, but at least half of them needed the wheel removed from the car to find the puncture and sometimes finding it took some effort and time.
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