On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> I agree.  Someone was paid good money to come up with the appropriate
> wheels
> for any given vehicle - a combination of appearance, performance, handling,
> and safety.  He has way more knowledge than I do (perhaps even letters
> after
> his name!), and I defer to his judgment on wheel selection.
>
> Better tire selection; we have plenty (Kumho, Hankook, Nokian, and a host
> of
> others in appropriate sizes and structures; if/when that changes I'll go to
> another size.  Appearance: in the eye of the beholder, but I think big rims
> look goofy.  Performance: mine is fine.  Not fast, but fine.  I have a
> higher fourth gear for lower rpms at cruise

Wait--do you mean that you have a non-stock fourth gear?  Cuz if so, well,
it just brings up a question about the person who was paid good money to
decide what that gear should be :).  (Apologies in advance if that isn't
what you meant by that--I'm too ignorant to know the difference, truth be
told.  So, apologies anyway, I guess :)

mike

and haven't lost acceleration to
> bigger wheels.  Safety; slightly lower CG for better handling, other than
> that, I'm not that well-paid expert in the earlier paragraph.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>