On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:00:35 -0400, Wade Garrett
wrote:

On 4/6/21 9:10 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 20:01:38 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/6/2021 7:10 PM, %% wrote:


"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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On 4/6/2021 1:32 PM, Frank wrote:


This alloy wheel thing is just nuts.
I was sitting first up at a real long light the other day just
watching the cars go by and I saw exactly ONE with old school stamped
steel wheels. They all had spoked alloy wheels and most were unique to
that model and year car.
What's the deal with that?


It's For The Children dude- so that each and every wonderful, entitled
kid being driven to a play date in mommy's SUV feels unique, special and
celebrated with his ride experience commemorated by those four shiny
spinners.
Alloy wheels reduce both over-all weight and unsprung weight - as
well as rotational mass - all good things for better ride and fuel
economy. Also they don't fly off on bumps like chrome wheel discs on
our deteriorating roads - and they DO look good.