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Tire stores have them too.
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I'll go check this out.
Thanks! Nearest costco is over 40 miles!
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Be sure that they're ball-seat.
Forget the Kalamazoo LKQ then, no 126s.
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i spent at least two hours more like three driving from store to store and found no lug bolts. I did find a fourway with 17mm on one of the arms but resisted the $20 price tag and the fact that I really did not want it in my trunk. We made it home without further incident and when I filled it up I got 26 running 75 for about 95 miles and 65 for 95 miles. Paid $2.15 which is cheaper than I paid in Lafayette. NOrmally Michigan is higher. So I think we are getting ripped off in Lafayette.
Thanks for all the comments! And the phone call to poke gentle fun at me!
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My Pleasure !!!
LOL So lets review what we concluded when talking today.. 1. You and all of us KNOW YOU KNOW BETTER than to go off without a proper lug wrench... 2. Your race car is taking up too many of your brain cells......
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I'm now offended that you didn't stop for free lug bolts.
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Well it looks like Tom made it home with no further problems.
Nothing worse than getting passed by one of your wheels!!!
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I got a solid 26 mpg in my E430 going 80 mph in 100% freeway driving when we last went to Las Vegas.
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The one time I'm not in Kalamazoo... and somebody needs help with their car.
It's also almost like the time that I got stuck after the tire in my mom's old convertible shredded when I was driving home from seeing my wife. The lug wrench that was in the trunk that worked the jack was not the right size for the tires. I had to hitch a ride at 3am to the nearest Meijer's to get a lug wrench... That was a night. Let this be known on the forums that I'm willing and able to help anybody in Southwest Michigan as needed. If I was in town, I would have shown up with my socket set and torque wrench and been a personal transportation until the situation was fixed. It's the least I can do for these forums that have helped me out so much.
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I have a friend who had a boat on a trailer behind his car and looked out his side window to see it passing him on a hill!
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How much do you have invested in your E430? What about the repair bills if something goes south? I also get 20 around town, how does the E430 do around town?
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My E500 gets better mileage, goes faster, and is cheaper to maintain than my diesels; but I hate driving it. The diesels are toys, the E500 is just transportation.
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In town I get about 19 mpg.
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