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From: junk@ur-tut.UUCP (Jan Vandenbrande)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: The ART of choosing tires
Message-ID: <65@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 12:03:43 EST
Article-I.D.: ur-tut.65
Posted: Mon Mar 17 12:03:43 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 05:30:05 EST
References: <2096@dutoit.UUCP> <7848@watrose.UUCP> <2924@sunybcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: junk@ur-tut.UUCP (Jan Vandenbrande)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
Lines: 26
Keywords: Original message was right
Summary: No

In article <2924@sunybcs.UUCP> ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) writes:
>> >Also what the different numbers mean:eg. 185/60 HR 14 80 H tires
>> >on 6 J x 14 wheels, alloy/steel etc.
>> 
>> 185 / 60 H R 14
>>  |  |  | | |  |
>>  |  |  | | |  --- Rim diameter
>>  |  |  | | --- 'R' means radial.  Bias ply has no indication
>>  |  |  | --- Speed rating.  V  > 210 km/h
>>  |  |  |                    H <= 210 km/h
>>  |  |  |                    U <= 190 km/h
>>  |  |  |                    S <= 170 km/h (the last 2 from memory)
>>  |  |  --- Aspect ratio.  100 * (overall height) / (overall width)
>>  |  --- A slash.  Indicates that this is a tire.  :-)
>>  --- Overall width.  != tread width
>
>   In this example, the 185 is the aspect ratio, the 60 is the tire 
>width, and the H is a designation of the tire sidewall height...I
>have a set of sport radials that are supposed to have a speed rating
>of 180 *mph* (they are Swedish tires too) and there is no other
>leter before the R that means radial...
>
>     Adrian Zannin

NO, the first message is correct.
Jan