LAC: Biodiesels, Diesels, TDIs' etc...

[DeWitt Harrison]

Good point. The price of fashion?

DeWitt Harrison
'88 5kcstq
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Taka Mizutani
  To: DeWitt Harrison
  Cc: Quattro List
  Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:42 PM
  Subject: Re: LAC: Biodiesels, Diesels, TDIs' etc...


  I think in the case of a Infiniti M45 Sport, that those wide 19"
performance tires
  are not going to help fuel economy at all. I lost about 2 mpg in my 200q
when I
  went from 225/45 to 255/40 tires.

  I've lost about the same 2 mpg going from my winter Hankook W303 in
175/65R14
  to Falken Azenis RT-615 in 205/50R15. That's going from a pretty low-grip
tire to a
  really sticky tire. I imagine that in a heavier car, the difference would
be much worse.

  Taka


  On 4/26/06, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:
    Well that's really good, IMHO. In my 2006 Infiniti M45 Sport
    (4.5 L, 340 hp),  I'm lucky to get 15 mpg just loafing around town.
    That's a big cost penalty for a bit of rubber burning when you need(?)
    it. I think the V8q does a lot more with what it's got.