Sentences with phrase «taller sidewalls»

The 18 - inch wheels with taller sidewalls on the tires should offer a softer, quieter ride, however.

You won't be doing any spirited driving in this family truckster, but what you get in return is sublime ride quality that's smooth even over some of the most badly broken pavement, aided by tall sidewalls on the 17 - inch tires that soak up bumps with little noise or disruption to your serenity.

The relatively tall sidewalls are compliant enough to absorb the small, high - frequency bumps that can make a car's cabin shake uncomfortably.

Both beds feature tall sidewalls, for deeper storage, which give the Colorado best - in - class cargo volume.

Compared with All - Track, smaller wheels with taller sidewall also improves ride quality over our brutal pot - holed New England roads.

Highway cruising is surprisingly quiet, at a measured 68 decibels, given our test car's all - terrain tires and their aforementioned tall sidewalls.

So far we've been impressed by the ride with the 16 - inch wheels and the relatively tall sidewalls.

While the production Camaro SS features 20 - inch wheels, optimal traction on the drag strip is achieved with racing slicks that feature taller sidewalls.

He adds, «The large wheels tend not to drop into potholes the way smaller - diameter rims would, and the tall sidewalls contribute a special suspension effect of their own.»

On - road, the tires squirm a bit thanks to the tall sidewall and aggressive tread blocks.

We appreciate the tall sidewalls but would prefer if Toyota shod the top - of - the - line TRD Pro with an LT tire with stronger sidewalls than the P metric tire.

I suspect that might have been remedied by less - aggressive tires with more sidewall than the 215 / 45R17 rubber Toyota equipped, though going with taller sidewalls might have dulled the car's respectable, if numb, handling.

And the combination of tall sidewalls (265 / 65R -17 on all four corners) and trick spool - valve shocks kept the ride downright cushy.

But it was the VTi that had the best ride thanks to a softer suspension setting and the taller sidewalls of its Dunlop Enasave 215/65 16 - inch tyres (shared with the S), reminding us yet again of the folly of specifying low - profile rubber for crap Aussie roads.

The good news — at least in theory — is that taller sidewall 19 - inch rubber is a no - cost option.

If off - roading's your thing, outfitting the SLT with the All Terrain X package (and 18 - inch wheels with taller sidewalls) is the way to go.

The ride quality is also helped by Mercedes India's decision to use 17» rims instead of 18» or 19» wheels, as the taller sidewall helps improve comfort while reducing chances of tyre failure.

Some of this should be credited to the taller sidewall present on the 20 - inch wheels, as those chrome 22 - inchers are going to punish when the going gets rough.

You can almost feel the taller sidewalls doing their part to make the car more malleable.