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Dont see why not. On a 4×4 SUV or pickup, though, I’d want a deeper section tyre.
why not have both ?
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Why would you have a 19″ wheel on an estate car? It just makes no sense.
Why?
I’ve never understood the UK obsession with noisy slow little tin boxes, although the Mini Cooper (original) did appeal for gravel.
You have to spend well north of £100k on a “sporty” car to get anything like the on road performance of a very ordinary motorbike.
Very happy with my slow little tin box it is very comfortable and not noisy, very cheap to run and gets me to where I need to be keeping me dry and warm.
It also has more than enough performance to drive at sensible speeds. Why do I need the performance of a motorbike when I am pretty much always following other cars along the road usually at speeds around the speed limit for the given road?
Because an estate car is a utility vehicle which is designed to carry gear and people. Normally driven as a daily driver it will therefore cover high miles and very different road surfaces. 19" wheels means:
Uncomfortable harsh ride for occupants
Worse handling in many situations
More expensive tyres which wear quicker and are more prone to punctures and damage
Easy to damage alloys themselves
Why would you hobble a piece of design if you didn't need to?
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..I'm glad I've got 20" wheels on mine then ..oh and 3 different air suspension settings.." Allroad " , "Comfort " & "Dynamic " ..oops ..four actually as there is an " Auto " setting too...😁
Couldn't be on with that harsh ride malarkey ..
Don't laugh - that'll be factory soon.
@hodgynd yep, so have both my next door neighbours (RS6 one side, 335 the other) I think it was over 2k for the Audi when he hit a pothole and the 335 eats tyres every 8000 miles. Jokers the pair of them - still at least they are looked up to by the 14 year old kids in the street!
Wish I could say the same for my 15 year old son ..
Joking apart ..which I was ..I don't think you can pay too much attention to what might happen ..otherwise you wouldn't leave the house ..but I do take your point that it would hurt your wallet badly ..
kerley
Very happy with my slow little tin box it is very comfortable and not noisy...
Jolly good. Then you'll realise the comment wasn't aimed at little tin boxes which aren't noisy or been modified to be "fast".
Why would you have a 19″ wheel on an estate car? It just makes no sense.
Not sure what size they were, but low profile tyres are utterly acceptable on a Volvo 850 T5R. What seemed ludicrous back then is probably not far off what you get on a 1.2 Corsa these days though.
Can we all agree that 1.2 Corsas are a bit shit?
I saw an escort rs cosworth yesterday at the Ford dealer, blingtastic. Just looked them up and they are going for 50k plus now. Isn't the insurance 5k or something as its a getaway car. Saying that 205 gtis now are 25k for a mint one.
Just because a car is fast doesn't mean it is a sports car. For example, an S4 isn't a sports car. Do you know why manufacturers make cars look sporty?
edit, meant to be amusing, not insulting. An S4 is fast.
Crazy innit?
I like silly things, so doing something tasteless to a Corsa makes me smile.
Taking something completely inappropriate and tuning the balls off it is fun. Scooters, MZ's, Honda Cubs, 2CV's etc.
My* crappy little Fiat is one of the most charming and amusing cars I've ever driven. Especially now that classic Minis and mk1 GTi's have disappeared from common usage.
Actually, this summer in the Alps and the back roads of the Aosta valley, it was literally the most fun I've ever had in a car. And it can barely break the speed limit.
And look at its cute little wheel arch extensions! And 15 inch wheels! It looks so much cooler than a normal Panda without looking like a wannabe DTM racer like every German effort.
*It's actually my girlfriends first car because the insurance is dirt cheap.