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09 Oct 2008, 09:20 am
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Re: Tires?
sorry about that 70. should be 17
"kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> wrote in message news:48ee10e0$0$5465$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net... >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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09 Oct 2008, 02:02 pm
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Re: Tires?
"Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:m0ise4567sfmp0jap5hb47plk9vb90a2nk@4ax.com... > Thus spake "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> : > >>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 > > > Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo. 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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09 Oct 2008, 02:09 pm
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Re: Tires?
Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo. There is no diameter change, just the width of the tire. A narrower tire will cut through the snow better. Where a wider tire will tend to *float* up onto the snow.
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09 Oct 2008, 07:14 pm
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Re: Tires?
Reggie Dunlop wrote: > "Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message > news:m0ise4567sfmp0jap5hb47plk9vb90a2nk@4ax.com... > >>Thus spake "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> : >> >> >>>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 >> >> >>Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo. > > > 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. > > A wider tire will have less traction as the load is spread over a lager area. JT
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09 Oct 2008, 07:59 pm
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Re: Tires?
Try this site http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
"kevin" <powershot80@gmaihttp://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.htmll.com> wrote in message news:48ee1319$0$5472$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net... > sorry about that 70. should be 17 > "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:48ee10e0$0$5465$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net... > >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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10 Oct 2008, 06:51 am
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Re: Tires?
"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in message
news:Z7xHk.263531$102.210347@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > > > Reggie Dunlop wrote: >> "Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:m0ise4567sfmp0jap5hb47plk9vb90a2nk@4ax.com... >> >>>Thus spake "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> : >>> >>> >>>>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 >>> >>> >>>Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo. >> >> >> 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. > > > A wider tire will have less traction as the load is spread over a lager > area. > > JT Somehow that's counter-intuitive. "Performance" tires are wide and low, racing slicks are wide, etc...
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10 Oct 2008, 12:36 pm
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Re: Tires?
Reggie Dunlop wrote: > "Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in message > news:Z7xHk.263531$102.210347@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > >> >>Reggie Dunlop wrote: >> >>>"Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in message >>>news:m0ise4567sfmp0jap5hb47plk9vb90a2nk@4ax.com ... >>> >>> >>>>Thus spake "kevin" <powershot80@gmail.com> : >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>>Yes. But why? The diameter change will affect your speedo and odo. >>> >>> >>>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. >> >> >>A wider tire will have less traction as the load is spread over a lager >>area. >> >>JT > > > Somehow that's counter-intuitive. "Performance" tires are wide and low, > racing slicks are wide, etc... > > Don't be fooled by violations of the laws of physics. JT
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