sanity check ...

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

Data point..... In 2000 (USA) stock tire size on an S4 is 245/45-17, from memory.  I ran this size for snows as caliper clearance was an issue.   My car had Stoptechs, but very few 16" rims would clear the stock HP2 calipers anyhow.

Mark Rosenkrantz
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On Oct 26, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Tess McMillan <tessmc at eskimo.com> wrote:

> Whoa, guys! I must have missed something in your discussion. Since when is a stock tire size a 245?
> 
> I know the 245/45 16 as a common rear tire profile for an (earlier) air-cooled 911! Are newer Quattros taking this aggressive profile and sizing?
> 
> Tess
> who lives where people don't know how to drive in snow
> 
> 
> 
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