Originally Posted By: 38sho
Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Let's just look down the pricing list at the trend for some highly-rated tires. Ill start with one that I own:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Bridgestone&model=Potenza+RE960AS+Pole+Position
summer tires:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Michelin&model=Pilot+Exalto+PE2
good all-seasons:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Goodyear&model=Assurance+TripleTred
how about winter tires:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Bridgestone&model=Blizzak+LM-25
Enough said.
The tires I used in my example are highly-rated as well.
Point is, 18" tires do not cost twice as much as 15" tires, at least for the most part. The price difference is small relative to other things in life, such as dumping $4/day at Starbucks or at the donut shop. There are some advantages to larger tires on certain applications, so I think for you to automatically dismiss larger tires as being worthless and wasteful is a bit unfounded.
actually they do cost almost twice as much or more....... Being one who prices out tires and sells them a lot.... I would know stuff like this
plus those links that guy posted are spot on..... 15" tires for 70 bucks....... 18" tires are in the 180 to 250 range.... in fact, some of them are THREE times as expensive...........
if you don't think there is a big difference between 15 and 17 tires, come buy me a set of 17" tires(I'll even give the price to you as my cost) and I'll give you a set of 15's for your car........
P.S. the set of 17's I want are almost 190 a tire
I can get same make model tire for about 100 in the 15" range......
Like I said, it depends what you are comparing.
If you read my original post, I was comparing my set of 15" Michelin Hydroedges to my friend's 18" Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports. The 18" tires were around $17/tire more.