wide wheels with rather narrow tires

[Huw Powell]

> To add my 2 cents, if you increase contact surface, then the
> pounds per square inch of that surface is decreased.  There is a
> point beyond which the weight of the car is so spread out over all
> that tire surface that the tire isn't "pressed down" into the pavement
> hard enough to get any traction.

what i learned here (and it's simple...):

PSI = pounds per sq inch.

pounds is fixed (static anyway) - it's what your car weighs.
the "PSI" is whatcha put in your tires.
so the square inches depends entirely on them.

the *shape* of the square inches depends on tire size, materials, and
dynamic factors (which also affect differing sq in between the four
tires)

also, considering the silliness of the appearance of those cars (and I'm
not knocking silly!), the narrow tires could just be the latest "fashion
statement" rather than an actual performance issue.  of course, the
fashion is always to think that performance is an issue, but we know
better, don't we?

-- 
Huw Powell

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