[s-cars] new audi same old

[Hap Maguire]

Hey Baloney

Here's a great link to try all sorts of comparative tire sizes:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Enjoy.

Hap, wit too many dakine tire sizes not from Evahboost, Maguire


On Feb 16, 2010, at 3:19 PM, bill mahoney wrote:

> Thanks guys!
> So I guess the front passenger footwell wont work huh?
> 
> On another S side note / enquiry....
> So, as reported in all the reviews, the neu S6 has a firm ride.  Very firm
> and too firm for ILL roads me thinks.
> But it sports 265 35 19's... et52 or et54 IIRC.... so thats to be expected.
> I am thinking to go to 18" wheels... but any guesses what tire size and
> offset might work here?
> I'm also not sure of S6 caliper clearance.   I believe et 52 moves the wheel
> in... and say offset et 35 moves the wheel out?
> It's always confused me a bit.
> I like oem, bbs and then highline offshoots like hre and fiske... that are
> ususally too $$.
> Just fishing for thoughts here kinda.
> Heretical to suggest downsize on this forum:)
> Bill~with incredibly difficult Audi dilemna's~M
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Second that.  Wal-mart velcro has held my rear plate on for about three
>> years.  Tried to take it off once and bent it soundly.
>> 
>> -Cheers!
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/16/2010 7:19 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
>> 
>>> Double sided industrial velcro the plate to the sheetmetal.
>>> 
>>> Taka
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM, bill mahoney<airbil at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Illinois DMV no longer accepts federal reserve notes FRN's.... aka
>>>> dollars.
>>>> What up with that?  (Insert Goldman Sachs joke here.)
>>>> BUTT I was able to get new plates for the neu to my wife '07 S6...but, as
>>>> this here Audi sits, they still have the same old dumb and stupid license
>>>> plate fasteners on the rear deck.
>>>> Ahh !   The art of engineered to fail.
>>>> Maybe I'll just duct tape em on der huh?
>>>> ps
>>>> no quantifiable test yet, but der 2.2 I think could hold it's own with
>>>> the
>>>> 5.2.... no... I can't be correct can I?
>>>> Bill~Dobble S6~M
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