sanity check ...

[Vincent Gelinas]

She does make a valid point, though.  Those old Geo Metros with go kart
tires on them got fantastic mileage, probably thanks in part to the lower
rolling resistance of the narrow tire.  Winter tires should be narrower,
too, as they cut through the snow easier.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Mark Rosenkrantz <speedracer.mark at gmail.com
> wrote:

> "creating more friction on the road" is an interesting way to look at
> it.... But isn't that the point?
> I'll take my luxury and performance, thank-you,
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
> Typos sent from my iPad
>
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Tess McMillan <tessmc at eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> > But... that's obscene!!! (NO OFFENSE MEANT) To use more materials, create
> more friction on the road, force people to spend more in tires... doesn't
> that seem like a sustainability un-friendly thing for car makers to do?
> >
> > Tess
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Vincent Gelinas wrote:
> >
> > - snip  >
> >> This is my car with the 18s on her... Right now, she's on 225/60/16
> which
> >> barely clear the diameter of my calipers 0:-)
> >>
> >> http://force5auto.com/pages/usedcars/99a8q.htm
> >>
> >> On Wed, 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?
> >>>
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