<VV> Tire gurus

[airvair]

That may be, in the strict OPERATIONAL sense of the vehicle. But in the 
VISUAL sense of seeing the car (as in a concours), they are STILL too 
small. They don't give the correct view of the car in a historic 
context. If you've ever seen a car with an authentic set of 7.00-13's on 
it next to a car with a set of your "correct" 185's on it, you'll see 
what I mean. And it is THAT visual image that makes them objectionable 
to me. Plus I have the physical evidence, if you care to dispute me.

BTW if you look on the speedo housing label on a late model, it will see 
that it is labeled as factory-rated for 825 revolutions per mile, which 
translates into a rolling diameter of 24.44 inches. Just try to find a 
185/80R-13 tire listed as having THAT rolling diameter! (And FYI, I once 
checked an authentic set of 7.00-13's for rolling diameter, and they 
came within just a few feet of being dead-on in a measured 5 miles. Sure 
must have been a true 24.44 inches in rolling diameter.)

I know I've battled CORSA on this before, but I KNOW I'm right. If 
someone could prove me wrong, then I'd change my mind, and then I'd be 
right again. But to date nothing anyone has said defending the 185's has 
proven to be right, so I will continue to hold onto what I know to be 
correct.  The 185's are STILL too small! But I suppose it's all 
academic, since it's all you can get anymore...... Which is why I wish 
someone would produce a REAL 7.00-13 tire......

-Mark

BobHelt at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/26/05 11:19:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
> airvair at richnet.net writes:
>
>> It's why I've always
>> said that the P185/80-13's are an inch too small, and I have some
>> original 7.00-13's to prove it!
>
>
>
> Mark,
> I agree that the 7.00X13 tires are bigger in circumference than the 
> P185/80R13s, but in actuality they both have almost the exact same 
> rolling radius. That means they both have the same number of 
> revolutions per mile on the car. So in that way the 185/80R13 radial 
> tire IS an exact replacement for the 7.00X13 tire.
> Regards,
> Bob Helt