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Old 07-23-2009, 02:50 PM   #1
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Do they even still use tires in playgrownds anymore? I remember I was like the last generation in my area to have a wood-and tire aspestos filled playground. They got got rid of all the wood and tires one year before I left elementary school.

Depends on your region, but I know there are all these people in arizona with those "earth ship" houses where they pack old tires full of dirt for isolation. I watched a documentary on it, looked pretty cool. Anyone doing that could take the tires off your hands, and it would help them build a more efficient home, so you'd be making them work for the environment even when they are "trash"

http://www.earthship.net/

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I had my tires down to the wear bars (if I remember correctly) in my mini kei car in Japan. That is from less than 10,000 miles of driving over two years. I pumped them up hard and cornered like it was a Porsche. Usually squealed them around turns. Then again, the Mitsubishi minica costs around $6000 brand new so....
do you know how hard it would be to ship a kei car over here and get it registered?
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:17 PM   #2
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I remember I was like the last generation in my area to have a wood-and tire aspestos filled playground.
I sure hope you didn't mean asbestos...
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