Spare tyres and maximum speed limits
On 18/04/2019 11:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/04/2019 11:01, Steve Walker wrote:
On 18/04/2019 00:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Alloys are the one fad that I've never understood. They don't affect
the
performance or road holding or comfort or fuel economy or anything like
that, and from a few metres away you'd be hard pressed to distinguish
them from steel wheels with metallic wheel trims.
You might be. Most can tell imitation alloys at a glance.
Not *everyone* is taken in by
posing and bragging rights of alloys.
Given the vast majority of cars - other than basic shopping trolleys -
have them, hardly anything to brag about.
Even my wife's 14 year old Matiz has alloy wheels - and that it pretty
well the definition of a basic shopping trolley!
SteveW
Alloys dont need hubcaps to make them pretty.
Pressed steel wheels are plain ugly
And I'd guess that the casting/machining is no great cost compared with
steel and spot welds and a hub cap.
If it's round and works I'm happy.
And the sad virgins with bright coloured break calipers behind their
alloy wheels need to get a life and not a Porsche.
--
Adam
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