I was the first one in to work yesterday and had to wait for someone with a key to show up. I noticed that 5 out of 6 vehicles had 5 spoke wheels and one car had 7. Since then I have noticed that most cars have 5 spokes, or as my wife's Expedition, 5 sets of two spokes. Most of the ones with more spokes were the sportier models. So is it just a styling thing? You would think that there would be the same number of spokes as lugs, but not necessarily.
So, other than the obvious "To keep the rim away from the hub!", does anyone have any idea as to why? Something to do with vibrations and harmonics would be my first guess.
Why do I even ponder such things anyway?
