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From: mark@gatech.UUCP (Mark Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: HOW TO TIRE safely
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 10:07:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 10:07:34 1984
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> ****                                                                 ****
> From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh
> 
> > Since the traction on a light rear wheel drive car isn't that great, I'd
> > like to put 205/60SR14 on my car, where 185/70SR14 currently reside.
> > 
> > HOW DO I DETERMINE WHAT TIRES ARE BEST FOR MY CAR?  I'd like to get
> > traction in the rain and snow too. (I live in the N.Y. metro. area.)
> 
> Oversized tires REDUCE traction since the lower pressure on the road
> prevents the tire from conforming to the roughness of the road
> and 'gripping' the surface.  A friend with a Porsche got over sized
> tires and found his formerly nimble car was slidding all over the
> road.  He quickly got rid of them and lost a bundle, before he lost
> his life.

I'm sorry but I disagree. If the inflation pressures are equal then the
size of the contact patch will be the same regardless of tire width!
-- 
Mark Johnson

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