XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/5/2022 7:50 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2022-05-03 2:29 p.m., Xeno wrote:   
   >> On 4/5/2022 6:52 am, Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2022-05-03 1:14 p.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >>>> Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I've owned several.  I currently have 5 Geo Metros.  Some models   
   >>>>> had the 12" rim tires; others had 13".  It's getting hard to find   
   >>>>> new 12" rim tires.  My former '95 Toyota Tercel had 13's also.  All   
   >>>>> of my larger vehicles take 15's now.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In my experience with 14 inch tires,   
   >>>   
   >>> You mean 14" rims...   
   >>   
   >> No, he means 14" tyres which happen to fit 14" rims. Good, huh?   
   >>   
   >   
   > When someone consistently uses terms inaccurately, it's a fairly safe   
   > bet that they don't know the subject matter very well.   
      
   For the record, I have been in the automotive industry in a professional   
   capacity for *decades* and I still refer to 14" tyres. It isn't a big   
   deal, really it isn't, so don't make it so.   
      
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