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   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/5/2022 5:49 am, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   The quicker steering is a direct *result* of the tighter slip angles.   
   What it also does is reduce steering feel so, once tyres are close to   
   the limit, shit happens real quick.   
   >   
   >> 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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