Originally posted by pancho1181:
Believe what you can man, but if you think TireRack is selling you 225's because "they are better fit and not because they are making more money off of them" then you are mistaken.
TireRack isn't selling me tires. They never were. They just happen to be telling me the truth in this case(well, if Luke counts as TireRack). Well, now that you mention it, maybe I will buy from TireRack
Originally posted by pancho1181:
225 is taller, I don't know how nmany times I have to say this. I measured a Dunlop SP-5000, a 225 and a 215/55, and the 225 is taller, hence the comment "I don't see why anybody would have any problems with a 215/55 that they wouldn't have with 225/50" because the 225's are taller, hence why the tires rub.
So, once again, you're saying that the 225/50/16 tire is the only tire available that doesn't follow the measurement specifications listed on the sidewall.
And I checked the page you recommended and I read it completely. I did the measurements according to that page and it shows that the 215 should be taller than the 225. However, as you say, the 225 is the exception to the rule.
Originally posted by pancho1181:
I don't know any simpler English or I would post using it, 225 is TALLER, 215/55/16 is a good fit. I don't see Luke saying anything about "from experience" You can throw all the numbers you want Luke, you will still be wrong, and I can write your district mannager and make you see, thru court, I AM RIGHT. DO NOT MISSINFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS OR YOU WILL BE PUBLICLY EMBARRASED. Use all the sweet talk you want that has helped you suck money out of loyal Contour/Mystique owners, but you ain't telling the truth.
Do you know false advertising can get your company in very deep sh*t?
I don't think that would be false advertising as every single tire definition page says that a 215 should be taller.
Originally posted by pancho1181:
Stop the "I have 20 years of experience talk" and start telling me some real facts about the tire I am recommending against the size 225 that you seem to like so much.
You don't like Luke very much, do you? The 225 tire size came from me, not Luke. Read the very first post of this thread (I started it). It asks between 225's and 205's. I wouldn't consider a 215/55 as you're the only guy recommending it. And weren't your the guy that started the "experience talk".
You know what, you might be right. But don't attack Luke. Attack the tire industry for this dreadful conspiracy they must have going. I can see them now in their boardrooms.
"But sir, if we mislead the public on the 225/50 tire specifications versus it's actual measurements, we can then insert an experienced tireman...we'll call him "Pancho" and he can bring down TireRack once and for all. It's all too easy."
