[DeTomaso] Maximum Tire Height

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/08 20 14 8, dfcex at pacbell.net writes:


> For what it's worth, I've been on this for several weeks, as you know.
> 
>>>Which isn't nearly long enough.   In fact right now is about the time you 
should start making these investigations in preparation for the 2009 season.   
Not for this weekend.

>  Each time I think I have a wheel/tire combination another issue arises 
> (backspacing, height, etc).
>  It seems to be just about impossible to find wide but short tires for the 
> front and wide wheels for the rear.
> 
>>>Excellent tires in the appropriate sizes for your existing wheels are 
readily available, and have been so since before you first started asking about 
this, months ago, and people told you all about them, including exactly where to 
buy them and what sizes you needed.   All you had to do was just shaddup and 
buy them.   They're expensive, yes, but they're excellent, and FAR cheaper 
than buying a whole replacement set of wheels and tires which won't fit the car 
anyway.

But you chose to blow it off.   And now you're screwed.

When you finally decide to get serious, you can pick up the phone and buy 
DOT-legal race tires, Michelin TB5 (or TB15, or TB5-R, different tread patterns 
and compounds in the same sizes, choose your compound and tread pattern based 
upon your expectations of how sticky they need to be versus how long you want 
them to last, and whether you may be driving in the rain or not), which are 
readily available in 295/40-15 front and 345/35-15 rear.


>  But I haven't given up yet. Heck, I've still got two whole days!
> 
> Uh...no.

Mike




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