Iowa hates bling... - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

JC · 2005-02-02, 10:58 AM

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=...;u_sid=1318511

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Struyk said he was nearly involved in an accident in November near Bentley, Iowa. He was driving a truck pulling a 16-foot trailer loaded with a dozen ladders. He approached an intersection as a car with the spinning wheel covers approached from another direction. He said the spinners made it appear as if the car might still be moving through the intersection, so he braked hard and the trailer nearly jackknifed.

Nick Koan · 2005-02-02, 11:03 AM

Hell yeah, ban them here too please.

MattR · 2005-02-02, 11:05 AM

Sweet...I love simple redneck hill billies. Great strory

Dean · 2005-02-02, 11:07 AM

Actually, this is very interesting.

Vision is a strange thing, and spinners give your brain 2 conflicting messages for a stopped, slowing or accelerating vehicle. The weighted ones that don't spin also represent the same thing in reverse.

Some scientist needs to get a study going on this. I would bet they generate at least some mixed signals in the brain potentially impacting response time, and/or proper response.

AtomicLabMonkey · 2005-02-02, 11:22 AM

Spinners are for tards. I'm surprised they don't cause more wrecks like that; I know when I see a car poised to enter traffic, I look at its wheels to see if they're rotating or not so I can tell if it's starting to move.

soggynoodles · 2005-02-02, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

Spinners are for tards. I'm surprised they don't cause more wrecks like that; I know when I see a car poised to enter traffic, I look at its wheels to see if they're rotating or not so I can tell if it's starting to move.

I have spinners on my prodrives.

sperry · 2005-02-02, 11:56 AM

I need to come up with a thick spray that you can douse on a spinner and gum it all to hell. Any ideas? (Soggy, you can just shut up.

)

MattR · 2005-02-02, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sperry

I need to come up with a thick spray that you can douse on a spinner and gum it all to hell. Any ideas? (Soggy, you can just shut up.

)

I have a product we use to patch trailer roofs, its like a spray -tar...I guarantee it would end a spinna

soggynoodles · 2005-02-02, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

I need to come up with a thick spray that you can douse on a spinner and gum it all to hell. Any ideas? (Soggy, you can just shut up.

)

I'm not touching that.

sperry · 2005-02-02, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by soggynoodles

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Originally Posted by sperry

I need to come up with a thick spray that you can douse on a spinner and gum it all to hell. Any ideas? (Soggy, you can just shut up.

)

I'm not touching that.

wait for it....

that's what she said.

Dean · 2005-02-02, 12:30 PM

I'm thinking super glue, or a good handfull of rocks should do the trick on most of them...

MikeSTI · 2005-02-02, 12:54 PM

I dont like the spinners but I have no problem telling if the car is moving or not.............maybe because I can see past the bling

sperry · 2005-02-02, 01:52 PM

Talking about Big-O:

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Originally Posted by The Article

The company, based in Los Angeles, has 16 locations nationwide and sells tens of thousands of spinners a year, Kaminski said.

There are only 16 Big-O tire locations nationwide!?

Off the top of my head:
Reno has 2
SLO has 1
Danville/San Ramon has 2
Iowa apparently has 1

I guess I just happen to live in all the towns that have Big-Os.

Nick Koan · 2005-02-02, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

Talking about Big-O:

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Originally Posted by The Article

The company, based in Los Angeles, has 16 locations nationwide and sells tens of thousands of spinners a year, Kaminski said.

There are only 16 Big-O tire locations nationwide!?

Off the top of my head:
Reno has 2
SLO has 1
Danville/San Ramon has 2
Iowa apparently has 1

I guess I just happen to live in all the towns that have Big-Os.

Thats like 1000+ spinners per Big-O locations. Its must be all they sell.

ArthurS · 2005-02-02, 01:54 PM

Weird....from Big-O's website:

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Store Locator
Over 550 stores to get you back in the race!

JC · 2005-02-02, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

Talking about Big-O:

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Article

The company, based in Los Angeles, has 16 locations nationwide and sells tens of thousands of spinners a year, Kaminski said.

There are only 16 Big-O tire locations nationwide!?

Off the top of my head:
Reno has 2
SLO has 1
Danville/San Ramon has 2
Iowa apparently has 1

I guess I just happen to live in all the towns that have Big-Os.

Reading Comprehension > you

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"We do a lot of them for trucks, Suburbans, Tahoes, a lot of old-school cars with rear-wheel drive," said Brian Kaminski, a salesman for Wheel-One Inc. in St. Paul, Minn.

The company, based in Los Angeles, has 16 locations nationwide and sells tens of thousands of spinners a year, Kaminski said.

sperry · 2005-02-02, 03:52 PM

Okay I'll admit I missed that, but I didn't totally pull Big-O out of my ass:

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Spinning wheel covers are most popular with customers in their 20s, said Richard Riekeberg, manager of the Big O Tire store in Altoona. He said his store sells about six sets a year, at a cost of $2,000 per set.

dknv · 2005-02-02, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

Spinners are for tards. I'm surprised they don't cause more wrecks like that; I know when I see a car poised to enter traffic, I look at its wheels to see if they're rotating or not so I can tell if it's starting to move.

I dislike spinners as well. But - I wonder, are the Ronal daisy wheels, or these teddy bear wheels distracting in any way?

Dean · 2005-02-02, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dknv

I dislike spinners as well. But - I wonder, are the Ronal daisy wheels, or these teddy bear wheels distracting in any way?

Nope, they just make the bears dizzy. I still think it would be extremely funny to have those wheels on a really fast car... Unfortunately, no 17s...

2005-02-02, 11:03 AM	#2
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2005-02-02, 11:05 AM	#3
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Sweet...I love simple redneck hill billies. Great strory __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2005-02-02, 11:07 AM	#4
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Actually, this is very interesting. Vision is a strange thing, and spinners give your brain 2 conflicting messages for a stopped, slowing or accelerating vehicle. The weighted ones that don't spin also represent the same thing in reverse. Some scientist needs to get a study going on this. I would bet they generate at least some mixed signals in the brain potentially impacting response time, and/or proper response. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2005-02-02, 11:22 AM	#5
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	Spinners are for tards. I'm surprised they don't cause more wrecks like that; I know when I see a car poised to enter traffic, I look at its wheels to see if they're rotating or not so I can tell if it's starting to move. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."

2005-02-02, 11:56 AM	#7
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	I need to come up with a thick spray that you can douse on a spinner and gum it all to hell. Any ideas? (Soggy, you can just shut up. ) __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2005-02-02, 12:30 PM	#11
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I'm thinking super glue, or a good handfull of rocks should do the trick on most of them... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2005-02-02, 12:54 PM	#12
MikeSTI EJ205 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,354 Car: 2004 STi Class: TSM I can't complain	I dont like the spinners but I have no problem telling if the car is moving or not.............maybe because I can see past the bling __________________ Cobb Stage 2

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