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Old 12-29-2011, 12:27 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mcrews View Post
Since the skinny tires have a SMALLER OD, then that is a mute point.

He is reducing his ability to react in an emergency to absolutely ZERO.
mcrews, in all respect why do you write that the skinny tires have a smaller od?

have you seen the links I provided?
this is a quite negative-sounding post.
I said earlier my stock tire is 195/60/R15 with a od of 23.75".

I provided a link where there is a choice of a 125mm tire and a 135mm.
the 125 is 23.00 od and the 135 is 23.57" od. the difference in od between the fat tire and the skinny tire is tiny.

you do raise a good point about stopping in an emergency. that seems to be a very valid point in my opinion, however we must explore how true it is, since many vehicles in europe have tires that are skinny like "euromodder" says above.
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