Aloha from a newbie!
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From: Indiana
Aloha from a newbie!
Hey folks,
It's great to see some fellow Oregonian s2k owners on a thread- Just joined before I bought my wife an '06 (Suzuka Blue) a few weeks ago. I guess I'll see ya' around, eh?
Thanks for the support here, this forum is great!
Cheers!
It's great to see some fellow Oregonian s2k owners on a thread- Just joined before I bought my wife an '06 (Suzuka Blue) a few weeks ago. I guess I'll see ya' around, eh?
Thanks for the support here, this forum is great!
Cheers!
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Sweet! Quick question: I've been sifting through threads on aftermarket alarms- do either of you have one? Any recommendations or passing thoughts? Just thought I'd ask while doing some homework.
Ok, question #2: This will be a daily driver, so any ideas on tires for the winter/rain season? I have Firehawks on there now fyi.
Thanks again and see you soonish!
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Great to have another '06 Suzuka rolling around! 
Mine used to be a DD, and I have had Dunlop Direzza DZ101's and am currently running Goodyear Eagle GT1's. I love both sets of tires for our wet winter.
With the TCS on the '06 I have never had and slipping/breaking/steering issues with the performance tires in winter. I generally don't drive the S in the snow, but Aaron (Sabre) lives in Bend and runs studless snow tires with no issues.
As far as alarms go, I have a CompuStar that was installed locally in Wilsonville by Kingpin Car Audio. It has a mile range on a paging key fob and have had no issues with it, except that it killed my battery when I didn't drive for about 4 weeks. If yours is truly a DD, you won't have the same issues that I had. Now that I drive it a minimum of once a week I have had no battery issues.
Looking forward to seeing you on future drives and meets!
Mine used to be a DD, and I have had Dunlop Direzza DZ101's and am currently running Goodyear Eagle GT1's. I love both sets of tires for our wet winter.
With the TCS on the '06 I have never had and slipping/breaking/steering issues with the performance tires in winter. I generally don't drive the S in the snow, but Aaron (Sabre) lives in Bend and runs studless snow tires with no issues.As far as alarms go, I have a CompuStar that was installed locally in Wilsonville by Kingpin Car Audio. It has a mile range on a paging key fob and have had no issues with it, except that it killed my battery when I didn't drive for about 4 weeks. If yours is truly a DD, you won't have the same issues that I had. Now that I drive it a minimum of once a week I have had no battery issues.
Looking forward to seeing you on future drives and meets!
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Originally Posted by Sabre' timestamp='1375462926' post='22703127
Welcome!
Just in time to join in on the last drive of the season next month (keep your eyes peeled for the signup post coming soon).
Looking forward to meeting you!
Aaron
Just in time to join in on the last drive of the season next month (keep your eyes peeled for the signup post coming soon).
Looking forward to meeting you!
Aaron
Sweet! Quick question: I've been sifting through threads on aftermarket alarms- do either of you have one? Any recommendations or passing thoughts? Just thought I'd ask while doing some homework.
Ok, question #2: This will be a daily driver, so any ideas on tires for the winter/rain season? I have Firehawks on there now fyi.
Thanks again and see you soonish!
Rainy tires can be any good all-season with decent water channels.
I personally do NOT recommend the Star Specs in water. Hitting standing water on them was really sketchy in my experience.
I ran Toyo T1Rs for great summer performance and they did well in the rain/wet and were merely OK in cooler weather.
The Hankooks I have now do quite well in the rain but arent the greatest performance tire nor are they amazing in the cold.
Just my .02