Can we please just go back to using smaller wheels and tires?

And now, a rant about wheels and tires that are too big.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/can-we-please-just-go-back-to-using-smaller-wheels-and-tires/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Car and Driver looked at this in 2010:

"What’s immediately apparent from the results is that as the wheel-and-tire packages get larger and heavier, acceleration and fuel economy suffer. Neither is a huge surprise, but we measured a 10-percent drop in fuel economy and a four-percent degradation in 0-to-60-mph acceleration from the 15s to the 19s,.." https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15130598/upsized-wheels-tires/