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Originally posted by grega:
However, I see some distinctly inconsistently-applied ideals here, and that troubles me:
- Sam is told that his 14" wheels won't be obsoleted, yet I'm told 15" wheels are a distinct performance advantage ("...equates to me kicking your ass...);
There are still those who think they are a performance advantage. Controlled tests are pretty inconclusive. So much so that I don't think there is a performance difference. They will feel different, and that could affect an individual driver's performance while not affecting another's.
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Originally posted by grega:
- I'm told that less than 5% of us has the talent to notice the difference in performance between 14" and 15" wheels
I know you're not attributing that to me Greg, but I'd like to go on record anyway and say "I didn't say that." In fact, I think they will actually feel different while not actually changing the overall performance.
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Originally posted by grega:
- I'm told allowing 15" wheels will reduce the cost of the class, yet it's OK to make all the 14" wheels people currnently use obsolete.
Again, this is related to a perceived performance advantage that controlled tests do not bear out.
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Originally posted by grega:
But wait, it's not a performance advantage, no wait yes it is, no wait it's not, yes it is, no it's not...
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What in the hell am I supposed to believe here? What in the hell do YOU believe?
All good points Greg. I think you already know what you believe, but you are rightfully making the point that this issue may be getting confusing for some folks.
The controlled tests I refer to are ones done by Grassroots Motorsports and European Car. I don't know the months off-hand but the EC article was a year or so ago and the GRM article was about 3-5 years ago.
For my part....
1) I don't believe there actually is a performance advantage
2) Wheel availability is already very much a serious issue
3) If Panasport decides to stop making 14x7 wheels we're screwed. Then we have to make a decision in a big damned hurry and that is not the way to go about it. We should do this in a controlled fashion and anticipate the loss of availability through Panasport.
4) Again, this does not affect me personally. I can already use 15" wheels and even 16" if I like on my car (I'll be sticking with 15" since I think there is no performance advantage and 15" wheels are significantly cheaper for me).
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George Roffe
Houston, TX
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