14" tires

[Frey, Richard K]

It is a long time.  Does the previous post reflect an old guy that is bitchin’ about the young dude on his phone? Talk about the circle of life.  20 years ago it was some old guy complaining about the hooligan that was ‘winding it out in second gear’  in the next lane in some Nissan.  If fact, you were just going 2nd to 4th and wanted some extra rpm due to your 3 gear pop out.  ☺

Seriously, Thanks for this listserv as it has taught me so much.  My  knowledge about turbos went from infancy to usable due to the time that Mike Kojima and others invested in teaching us lurkers.  Many thanks.  I also learned a bunch about suspensions here.


From: se-r [mailto:se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org] On Behalf Of David Pertuz
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:42 PM
To: Jaret Rapp
Cc: se-r at se-r-list.org
Subject: Re: 14" tires

Indeed! I am sort of amazed that I have had my car for almost 24 years now.
I was nearly rear-ended at a stop sign the last time I drove my SE-R (by, as expected, a young dude who wasn't paying attention because he was gazing into his phone or whatever). If that had happened it would have obviously totalled the car and, I would have been very sad for it, but would have eventually gotten over it. Then I would have been able to immediately start seriously shopping for a non-boring replacement for my boring appliance car. but I just can't bear to get rid of the SE-R!

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jaret Rapp via se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org<mailto:se-r at se-r-list.org>> wrote:
btw, not for nothing, do you all realize this list is still alive after 26 years!!!  And some of us still have their original SE-R!!!


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From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com<mailto:d.pertuz at gmail.com>>
To: Christopher Scarpulla <cscarpulla at gmail.com<mailto:cscarpulla at gmail.com>>
Cc: se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org<mailto:se-r at se-r-list.org>>
Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 5:29 pm
Subject: Re: 14" tires
Yeah, I just saw those again today. A bit mixed on whether I want to put tires like that on. Even when it comes to high-performance tires, which is what I'd prefer, I'd rather have all-seasons for the rain traction and grip. And if it is cold but not yet snowy, I'd rather leave normal tires on, but summer tires are terrible in cold weather. I still remember sliding through a red light in Detroit at 15mph because I couldn't stop due to being on a thin coat of snow on summer tires on the car I was driving.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Christopher Scarpulla <cscarpulla at gmail.com<mailto:cscarpulla at gmail.com>> wrote:
David,

Tire Rack has these little beauties.

DIREZZA ZII STAR SPEC<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Direzza+ZII+Star+Spec&partnum=86HR4Z2SS&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes>
Extreme Performance Summer
Size: 185/60R14 82H

And as far as 195 or 205/50-15's go, I think we can thank the early Miata crowd for keeping the manufacturers pumping out a good supply of them.

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