"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in message
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> Reggie Dunlop wrote:
>> "Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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>>>Thus spake "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> :
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>>>>I have a 2008 honda accord. The tires size 225r-50/70.
>>>>I am buying winter tires. Can I put 215-r50-17?
>>>>thanks
>>>>kevin
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>>>Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo.
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>> I read the post as using a narrower tire (215 vs 225) rather than a
>> smaller diameter (17). I would think the wider tire would handle better
>> and have better traction-- though yield a bit less mileage.
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> A wider tire will have less traction as the load is spread over a lager
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> JT

Somehow that's counter-intuitive. "Performance" tires are wide and low,
racing slicks are wide, etc...