However, after driving it for several weeks, not only have the looks grown on me (as well as the 20
inch skinny tires), but i find it the car
Not exact matches
ACP challenges us to keep up with his rally - spec Fiesta ST, giving us a better shot by fitting our car with 15 -
inch rally - spec wheels wrapped in
skinny tires with fat sidewalls.
Tires are, by today's standards, shockingly
skinny, 5.00 - 15 at the front, 5.50 - 15 in back, both mounted on rims only 3.5
inches wide.
Approaching this low and improbably tiny throwback, you can't help marveling at the prewar appearance of its form, highlighted by an exposed engine located way out front, ahead of two
skinny nineteen -
inch wire wheels shod with Avon
tires and sheathed with cycle fenders.
Using nothing more than JMS wheels and Mickey Thompson 305 × 15 -
inch drag radials (and
skinny front
tires), his Ford Mustang ran a best of 12.53 at 112 mph.
My driving companion and I found plenty of slip from the Genesis's 18 -
inch winter
tires, which we agreed were too wide on the standard alloy wheels — they looked good, but a
skinnier tire on a steel wheel would have been more effective.
The Caterham Seven 160 features a set of 14
inches steel wheels covered in
skinny 155 - section
tires and joined together with a live hub back suspension.
The
skinny 14 -
inch tires squeal when you try to take a corner even moderately fast.
Another line down low above the rocker panels helped some, but then VeeDub bolted tiny 15 -
inch wheels on the wagon, wrapped in
skinny 195/65
tires.
Finally there's the fourth Corolla, a new $ 19,510 «LE Eco» that, when matched with the CVT and
skinny 195 / 65R15
tires on 15 -
inch steel wheels pays off with an EPA - rated 42 mpg on the highway and 30 mpg in the city.