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Post by InfiniteMonkey »
Whaddaya mean... Oh look a cat.....ORIGINAL: wdolson
ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor
I came here looking for Japanese plane research. Now I know how to change the oil on an old Mercedes, light bulbs on BMW and Subaru, and a rear tire on a Pontiac.
The wonders of life!
Topic drift happens. It's much worse on another forum I've belonged to since the 1990s.
Bill
ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor
I came here looking for Japanese plane research. Now I know how to change the oil on an old Mercedes, light bulbs on BMW and Subaru, and a rear tire on a Pontiac.
The wonders of life!
Post by Jorge_Stanbury »
To be sure, a flat tire is one that has been damaged and will not hold air. I think you mean a spare tire (full sized or "doughnut" - the latter limited to max 80 km per hour use).ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury
No spare/ flat tires on new cars???
it is like designing a Zero without self-sealing tanks, and we all know how that ended [;)]
that is outrageous! if I am paying a ton of $$$ for a new car, I expect to have at least a flat tire to take me out of trouble
Post by Jorge_Stanbury »
ORIGINAL: wdolson
ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor
I came here looking for Japanese plane research. Now I know how to change the oil on an old Mercedes, light bulbs on BMW and Subaru, and a rear tire on a Pontiac.
The wonders of life!
Topic drift happens. It's much worse on another forum I've belonged to since the 1990s.
Bill
Post by bomccarthy »
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ORIGINAL: bomccarthy
Low profile tires actually improve cornering a lot. They're probably the main reason why a modern street car can run rings around a 1960s-era production-based race car on a road course. The problem is that manufacturers have gone a little extreme on some models - I don't think that anyone really needs a tire with an aspect ratio of 40 or less on the street (50 would likely satisfy most of us who enjoy spirited canyon driving).
My new car has 45 aspect ratio tires and my old car came with P235/70R15s.
I would prefer at least a 50. I rarely worried about curb rash or potholes with my old car. If the wheels contacted the curb, it would always be rubber meeting the curb unless it was unusually high.
Cars today handle a lot better than cars of old in large part because of traction control systems and such. A modern car and a 1960s car with the same tires and about the same weight, the modern car would probably be able to hold the curves much better because of the modern suspension and electronics. The tires contribute to better handling, people who got the 21 inch wheels for my model of car say that it corners better than with the 19s, but they also only get 15,000 miles out of a set of tires.
Anyway, probably should get back on topic, or split this off into an OT thread.
Anymore discussion on Japanese A/C research?
Bill
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