Good idea; less rubber/friction on the road. This is very tame driving around here in this backwoods county. Not much traffic and most speed limits 45 mph. With this drought, we've just about forgotten what it's like to drive on wet pavement. Gerry ----------------------------------------- From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Look for narrow tires and blow the pressures to the high side of what is > permitted for less rolling resistence. > What was the first Honda hybrid - an Insight or something like that? > Remember what narrow tires it had? Designed to > improve mileage. > > However, if you do that, you might want to think about how fast it will be > safe to drive it. Braking may be > affected as well as cornering traction etc. Narrow tires will go through > deep snow well. Not sure how it will be > with wet surfaces or rain. Maybe that will depend more on the tread than > the width. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of archer > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:43 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Biggest tire on 300D. was: Low Profile Tires: Was > 300TE > > > Good points, Randy, and no doubt you and Ed and others are right and I'm > wrong; but like the kid who puts his hand on the stove to see if it's > "really" hot like his mom said, guess I gotta try it. Second childhood > maybe? (-:] > > This sort of reminds me of my BiL who put the huge six or eight ply tires > from his Spartan house trailer on the back of his Studebaker pickup that > he > drove to work right after WW-2 when tires were scarce and expensive. They > boosted the trucks gas mileage something like 5 or 6 mpg. > People told him it would destroy his engine or transmission or > differential; > that he would wreck; etc., but he never did. Granted it was a weird > looking > truck that looked like it was going downhill all the time. Don't think my > 300D will look quite as bad, though. (-:] > Gerry > --------------------------------- > From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> You will need to factor in some difference in the odometer too if you put >> larger diameter tires on it. One would >> think that the difference if the circumference of the tires is changed by >> a couple of inches is not going to be >> worth much in terms of mileage. Might not make it much fun to drive >> either. >> >> Many years ago my father had a Ford pickup with a 352 cid V8. He swapped >> in a 240 cid inline 6. Mileage improved as >> the gearing in the truck was intended for the V8. The truck was fine when >> it got up to speed but a bit of a dog at >> lower speeds. It wasn't a good idea to load it heavy and need to pull >> away >> uphill. It was a manual 3 speed with the >> column shift. Had to slip the clutch pretty good if there was any load >> just to get it moving. Not something I would >> do again as I don't think the mileage increase was worth the sacrifice in >> performance. If one really wants better >> fuel economy, I think the answer is to acquire a smaller and therefore >> hopefully, more efficient vehicle rather >> than to start messing with this sort of thing. The engineers generally >> have a pretty good idea of what will work >> well and what won't. Second guessing them is expensive and seldom all >> that >> successful. >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of archer >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:08 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Biggest tire on 300D. was: Low Profile Tires: Was >> 300TE >> >> >> From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> yes, a wide variety. >> >>> OK Don wrote: >>>> Maybe stick to the factory circumference, but change the gear ratio in >>>> the rear end - I suspect that Kaleb has a wide variety to chose from. >> >>>> On Feb 19, 2008 5:56 PM, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Not something I'd play with, stick to factory with circumference. >>>>> You're better off just pushing a little less hard on the gas pedal to >>>>> save the bit of gas different tires would make. >> >> Aw, c'mon, Gerry just wants to be the first on his block to have a donked >> Benz. >> Alex >> >> Thanks guys. You're right; I should leave well enough alone, or at most >> change the diff. But the opportunity to save a few dollars, and the fact >> that it's a lot easier to change tires than change diffs back and forth >> makes it hard to pass up the tire change experiment. If I can find a >> couple >> of tires in the sizes Mitch mentions, I'll try 'em. If it makes the >> steering too squirrelly, I'll take 'em off. If I wrap it around a tree >> and >> go to my reward, well, it was nice knowing all of you. (-:] >> Gerry >> >> P.S. I will order a diff and a left half axle and a bunch of other stuff >> from Kaleb after he gets caught up. This diff is getting louder all >> the time. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1288 - Release Date: 2/19/2008 > 8:47 PM > >
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