Re: Why more 17& 18 inch wheels on new vehicles

I can't believe they still sell 13" tyres.  Are there that many people
still 
out there with old cars??  I agree that these huge rims are becoming 
ridiculous.  Did you know that Dodge have a model called the Nitro which 
comes with 20" wheels.  The thing looks ugly as hell.  Why they decided to

fit such huge rims is beyond me, as even the *US* model has 16" wheels 
standard!!

"Pit" <spamlister@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Just doing some tyre kicking and notice  a lot more vehicles now
> coming out with 17 & 18 inch tyre sizes .
>
> In reality what are the advantages over 16 inch .Which have a lot less
> orphan sizes and far cheaper to  run .
> $98.00 for decent safe 16  inch tyre against $259 for  17 inch
>
> going through 2 or 3 full sets of tyres  a year   this all adds up .
>
> Serious question based on tyre size ignorance .