Tahrs...and wheels

[Louis-Alain (Fido)]

There is a very interesting article from Car and Driver on that very subject. They tested a stock Golf with the same GoodYear tire from 15 to 19 in. Conclusion was little gain in grip, mostly because of better compound on the bigger tires, slower acceleration times and degraded comfort as you climb the sizes. Second conclusion was : buy grippy tires in any size if you're looking for grip. 

Louis-Alain 

DOUBLDz at aol.com a écrit :

>Hi Audifans:
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>This topic interests me (and I admittedly know little about  it). The info 
>shared on this thread was quite valuable to me. So I'm asking  everyone's 
>opinion on a related  question: How does going from a 15" wheel  to a 17" 
>wheel change the way a car drives? 
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>TIA,
>Dee
>1990 V8Q
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>In a message dated 5/14/2011 2:59:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
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>I do the  same, usually around 40 psi, saves gas and tires and keeps things 
> firm.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tihol Tiholov  <t.tiholov at gmail.com>
>Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 1:18 PM
>To:  quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: tahr inflation
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>At least a couple  of PSI above door sticker rec. for full load, some times
>even more. Had 2  cheap-ish new Falcon ZIEX wear out on the outside edges in
>1/2 a year with  2 PSI above, so got them replaced under warranty and still
>run them with 4  PSI above rec. Same with winter tires, oops!, meant tahrs -
>hard, solid  ride as it should be  ;o)
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