Seeing Ponies in the Wild Around the DMV

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I would never go for oversized wheels with the quality of our roads. the smaller the sidewall, the harder the ride and the bigger chance you have at damaging your wheels when you inevitably hit a pothole.

Some engineer youtuber recently covered how they destroyed their Model 3 performance wheels because they are oversized when he hit a pothole (at a not ridiculous speed), yet other cars hit the same pothole at similar speeds and were fine.

I hear that, and why I actually went down to 18s for my aftermarket wheels vs. the premium 19s. Also went for a slightly larger tire size, increasing the sidewall height just a bit. Not too far off OEM specs at all, using online wheel size comparison calculators.

Love the "fat tire" look it has given the car, and ride quality is actually improved. Still a bouncy ride, but the impact felt from bumps are much better absorbed. The tires themselves vs. stock help a great deal as well, especially with the road noise.

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[UnforAll]

Finally saw another MME on the road; four months since last sighting. White; heading east on I-66 before exit 47 (VA-234) at 4:00 PM today (Saturday, April 30th). I honked and waved, but don't think the driver was aware.

 

[SlyB34]

Anyone use TNT TINT in Sterling? I see GB GTPE in their photos.

Did you use them?

 

[BK2EV]

Anyone here?

Cyber Orange GT @ South County High School. Tags = MACH ME

 

[KAustin]

Did you use them?

I didn't. I used Ghost Tints. 35% on the front two. Solar FX ceramic.

 

[UnforAll]

New (temp tags) Shadow Black MME passed me on southbound Fairfax County Pkwy/VA-286 at 2 PM yesterday (Friday, June 3rd). Waved, but not sure if I got a response.

 

[SlyB34]

who is in the fairfax area?

 

[connoisseurr]

Did you use them?

I didn't use TNT but spoke with the owner for about an hour last week. Wonderful person and is a straight shooter. He doesn't go along with the mainstream tint products and their specs, but uses what is industry recognized, and mostly products I never considered as automotive products. He will also install whatever the customer wants (based on preference).

I ended up using Dave @ National Window Tint; Chantilly, VA.

 

[BK2EV]

Anyone here have a black premium @ Fair Oaks hospital?? Seen you there in the parking lot a few times.

 

[MonorailGold]

Took delivery of my red CR1 a few weeks ago. Look for me in the Tysons/Vienna area.

 

[romanservices]

This was a couple months back on 295 in MD.

 

[MonorailGold]

Saw two rapid red MMEs today! Both along Gallows road/Merrifield area. I got a high beam ‘wave’ from one.

 

[UnforAll]

You: Grabber Blue; Me: Infinite Blue
Where: southbound Rolling Road vicinity of Fairfax County Parkway
When: today (30 September) just after 10 am

I honked but you were turning right off Rolling Road as I came up behind you

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