Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Mesa, Arizona

Thanks for posting the outcome. Good to hear how these things turn out. Also sounds like you're willing to cut the moron inexperienced person who screwed it up in the first place a decent deal -- you're a reasonable guy. Good luck with your car and your newly-found shop!

. . .expanding their customer base. BMWNA has made it abundantly clear that they aren't interested in expanding their customer base that way -- mere plebians could then afford to drive a new BMW, and that'd never do. They prefer to sell (or, more often, lease) to those who aspire to the biggest baddest most expensive possible lifestyle, and it appears to work very well for them. However, the majority of the customer base that reads and responds to Roundel articles predominantly drive the older cars because they think like you (and I) do. BMWNA could give a rip less about the enthusiast market; they're here to get cars on the road, and the people who care about such things are a mere sliver of the market -- the sliver that got the brand going, but that was then and this is now. Oh boy.

Five Imperial gallons are approximately equal to six U.S. gallons. There are 128 fluid ounces in a US gallon and 160 fluid ounces in an Imperial gallon, but the fluid ounces are different, such that the 5/6 ratio applies. This is something I know quite a bit about. It also helps explain why the metric system is used everywhere in the world outside of the U.S. and Liberia. Fuel is sold by the litre in the UK, but the roads are still calibrated in statute miles, and MPG using the Imperial gallon is still prevalent there, but litres/100 km is the metric standard on the continent.

The primary concern I have with the RFT concept is the ability to get them replaced or (rarely) repaired in the hinterlands. These tires seem to be made with the assumption that when one needs replacement there's a place just down the street who will do the work. In my part of the world, that's most assuredly not the case. Getting them repaired, by the twelve shops on the planet who are willing to do so, isn't especially straightforward either. If you live in one of the overcrowded areas on the coasts and rarely travel very far you'll probably think they're okay, but expensive. If not. . .

Priuses are marketed brilliantly in the same way old Volvos were--they are for people who hate cars. Wonderfully stated. :D That's part of why I call it the Pious. Many of those who drive one consider themselves superior and want everyone to know it.