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Hi,
I can only speak of 14 inch wheels on my Volvos.
I do have one set of 15 inch aluminum rims without tires, just in case, I want to slip down in sidewalls and get closer to the road with rubber bands for tires.
Edit: I have used 205’s on my wagon for extra loading but they are more expensive.
My pickup and motor home, of course, have a lot larger tires but they are suited that way for the task at hand. Heavy is heavy! They both ride comfortably at 9 or 11 miles per gallon too!
A Yaris is an economy car from the wheel nuts up for example.
Every economy car starts out with four lugs nuts instead of five!
In high numbers of production that one extra lug nut is multiplied time four times into the production number.
$500 for every 10,000 cars is a profit at $0.05 each in production cost. It not being done it is the minimum savings when it never exists in inventory.
Add up all the other lighter, smaller and thinner things, like tires, you got it!
But thinner tires are not cheaper in lots of cases, go figure?
The Bigger rims make the tires turn over less per mile. The Speed rating should make it be of less expensive but the thin wall confuses me!
So, a thin wall has to be tight and tough that equals a quick but more harsh ride! So is it Looks that sells the need to cost more! Go add up the figures, that less costs more?
On new cars with oversized fancy rims do just exactly what their designed to do sell cars. They show themselves first, twirling long before you notice the rest of the side of the car! They are rolling showcases until they cry, clean me!
It’s my understanding, from from tire changer/ salesmen at Costco, they say that quite a few owners with big rims are disappointed with ride quality and the prices for new tires. It’s like getting sticker shock all over again.
Potholes or their patches are in constant contention with each other. Higher versus a sinking to the lower level!
If you were in an army Jeep, you might say that you found find lots of land mines driving as they rode so rough with their suspensions and high numbers of plying on the tires.
Again, those tires and the vehicle were built for that purpose even though they were actually convertibles! (:)
Todays Jeeps don’t dare to run thin sidewalls and small rims!
That might be promoting their popularity let alone stepping in versus laying down to get into a car.
The short stiff sidewalls and higher ride pressures are great for quick responsive handling for fun but for a relaxing long ride the tires remind you that you need to drive all the time and not just ride!
So round and round we go! Pun!
There are things to be given that mechanically the bigger the tire, the easier it rolls over everything!
Take your Shop Vac vacuum and roll it around on anything but a smooth concrete floor and you start hating that machine! Or at least I do?
Sometimes it won’t run over it’s own cord and metal or wood chips!
I have never understood their philosophy of small wheels and short cords unless your not supposed to move the vacuum to the dirt? I have either mounted on new longer cords or left extension ones with the machine over the years.
The wheels are not readily changeable on the plastic bases, just like on a factory made cars tight fenders or turning radius.
My assumption is, you get what you buy, knowing or unknowingly and life is life, to whom it may concern!
Phil
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