Tahrs...and wheels
Grant Lenahan
glenahan at vfemail.net
Sun May 15 17:48:56 PDT 2011
bingo! we have a winner.
Th sad truth is that most people cant tell what good handling is, and rarely go near the limit.
So they substitute low body roll and fast turn in for good handling.
Grant
On May 15, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Louis-Alain (Fido) wrote:
> 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.
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> Louis-Alain
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> DOUBLDz at aol.com a écrit :
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>> 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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