That's what I thought, too. Especially hard to believe, though, that the French would accept such a "bastardized" sizing system - the imperial part of it, that is.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik & Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] wrong size tires > Yes they do, not sure how it came about but I suspect back in the good > old days it was all imperial (die Englishers) and all metric (die > Europeans) but then the two came together as the car market became > global. Rims stayed imperial and the width became metric, which made > life easier because the width goes up 5mm at a time and rim diameter > goes up an inch at a time. Would not want the mess of 5 1/16 x 15 with a > aspect ratio of 65, what is 65% of 5 1/16? > The imperial measurement of rim diameter is more of an convention, there > was an attempt to metricize it but it failed, more than likely due to > the imperial nations. > Personally I have no problem with the system, it works well, people know > approximately what a 15 inch tire is and the tire shop knows what size > tire goes on your car. > > Hendrik > > Wilton Strickland wrote: > > What tire sizing system does the rest of the world outside of North America > > use? Surely, they don't use this crazy, American system of mixing metric > > and English measurements to denote tire sizes, do they? > > > > Wilton > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
