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   Xeno wrote:   
      
   >> Hmmmm.... Are you sure? They make a difference in _steering_ of course.   
   >> But how does a low-profile tire help in "highway performance" overall?   
   >   
   > Less sidewall flex therefore more directional steering.   
      
   Thanks for answering this question, where, um, er, that's what I said.   
   Didn't I? (Anyway, I agree that the steering is the main beneficiary.)   
      
   > IOW, they reduce   
   > the slip angles.   
      
   I would call it "quicker steering" in that the time between twisting the   
   steering wheel & the time that force makes it to the pavement, is reduced.   
      
   > Given the tyres perform 10% or more of the springing   
   > function, lower profile tyres will ride more harshly than the standard   
   > profile tyre.   
      
   Yup. That's why I was saying it's ridiculous to put low profile tires on a   
   light truck or SUV because the rest of the design is completely different.   
      
   Particularly the suspension.   
      
   > Disregarding pick up trucks, most SUVs never see even a *gravel road*   
   > much less go off-road.   
      
   Agreed. Many never make it onto an upaved shoulder of a road!   
      
   >> What else does a low-profile do fundamentally than provide quicker steering   
   >> response?   
   >   
   > Looks cool - so they say.   
      
   Yup. Posers will pose.   
   It's cheaper to look fast than it is to be fast.   
      
   To me, the look of a low profile tired SUV or Light Truck is ridiculous   
   only because it doesn't make any engineering sense to do something like   
   that.   
      
   It's like putting dual exhausts and racing stripes on a Ford Pinto.   
      
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