Sentences with phrase «skinnier tires on»

Actually, it's kind of swinging the other way now, at least partially... While the OEM diameter keeps getting larger (for better & more responsive ride / handling), they're going back to skinnier tires on new cars for better fuel economy.

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.

Not exact matches

Your daughter seems to be on a good feeding schedule and unless she appears hungry, lacks energy, or becomes cranky or tired, she likely to be just fine even if she is a bit skinny.

The tires were patterned on Dunlop racing rubber of a long - ago period when the tires were skinny and drivers — some of them, anyway — were fat.

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.

Rims on skinny tires are too easily dinged and scraped when parallel parking.

The original 911 had skinny equal sized tires on all four corners and a suspension that wasn't tuned as well as today's cars.

The skinny LT255 / 85R16 BFGoodrich Mud - Terrain KM2 tires mounted on steel Land Rover «Wolf» military wheels give a proper old - school look to the classic design of the Defender.

But even on better condition roads, I would expect a firmer ride with the skinny sidewall tires.

The roads were very wet, so I took the turns with care, especially as BMW chose relatively skinny tires (195/50 R20 on the front and 215/45 R20 at the rear) for the i8.

The P Zero summer tires are certainly grippy, but at 275 millimeters wide, they are a bit on the skinny side for the amount of power on tap.

It rides on upgraded wheels and tires that can be swapped out for the drag slicks and skinnies found on the trailer.

Hybrids and skinny - tired electro - nerdmobiles be dammed, there's a muscle car renaissance going on out there with plenty of Baby Boomer, money chasing horsepower.

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

Feedback to the driver increases in a turn, giving constant information on how well the skinny tires are gripping.

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.

The Mirage is nervy on the highway where its skinny tires and tendency to wander in cross-winds make it less than relaxing to drive.

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.

It's all over the map, with miserly acceleration and skinny - tire handling on some models, stabby turbo thrust and board - flat handling on others.

My own hybrid (as I mentioned on my Dot Earth intro a while back) is a Trek hybrid bicycle — a model in between a skinny tire road bike and a fat tire mountain bike.

«To some, cyclists on skinny tired road bikes decked out in lycra are «rich folks.»

It was here that I was first introduced to the «Hungarian Wooden Plate,» on their menu, that I subsequently often served at home between Christmas and New Year as an alternative for those tired of turkey: served family style, on a very large round wooden platter — yummy golden brown breaded plain Wiener schnitzel, Weisswurst, and fat German sausage, and Kasseler Rippchen (thick pink smoked porkchops), and long skinny hot dog wieners, all atop homemade sauerkraut and chunky home fries.