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Originally Posted by lunarhighway
next time you fit new tires prehaps you can fit tires that are within the cars specs but narrower... this will of course alter the cars ride a little, so perhaps it might not feel like an upgrade (although narrower tires are better in the wet where you're most likely to get in trouble so it's not really a downgrade in all respects), it will reduce frontal area and rolling resistance. alternatively you could go with a set of low rolling resistance tires... i hear the new ones are about just as good when it comes to grip as standard ones. that's not gonna work miracles, but it'll add to the rest
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i inspected the tyres on the car yesterday-they are virtually new-probably 8mm on them all, so not swapping them soon..
However, i'm thinking that tyre spats will offer similar gains, so at least i'm thinking in the right area