"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
01/18/2018 at 22:55 • Filed to: None
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"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
01/18/2018 at 22:55 • Filed to: None | 2
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Spot it yet? At least, I don’t
think
that’s normal...
Milky
> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 22:59 |
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The top picture has a deeper wheel dish on the front?
CB
> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 23:00 |
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In the first photo they’re stuck between two walls in not the driving lane?
BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 23:02 |
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One kidney grille is smaller than the other?
The steering wheel is turned more than 180° when the wheels are barely turned?
Joan Jett is driving?
One doggo has a leash while the other doesn’t?
Wudstock22
> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 23:07 |
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No front plate on a Jersey car?
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Boxer_4
> Milky
01/18/2018 at 23:16 |
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The M Roadster ran 17x7.5 wheels and 225-45R17 tires in the front and 17x9 wheels and 245-40R17 tires in the rear. It sure looks like they are backwards to me in the first picture... The best part? I’m thinking that this was a press photo!
MM54
> Milky
01/18/2018 at 23:16 |
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Yeah they switch between the two pictures. Weird.
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Boxer_4
> Wudstock22
01/18/2018 at 23:17 |
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That’s a good one; I missed that.
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Boxer_4
> CB
01/18/2018 at 23:18 |
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I’m not sure what’s going on in that regard.
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Boxer_4
> BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
01/18/2018 at 23:18 |
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Several good ones, but not the one I’m thinking of!
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> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 23:48 |
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Front wheel definitely looks off centre.
PS9
> Boxer_4
01/18/2018 at 23:56 |
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Plot twist; it’s an F body vert with a Miata windshield swap sitting on vette suspension powered by a Rotary.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Boxer_4
01/19/2018 at 07:44 |
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colour?
diplodicus
> Boxer_4
01/19/2018 at 08:24 |
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I’ve been curious why BMW tends to runs a smaller sidewall in the rear compared to the front. At least on the later ones.
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Boxer_4
> diplodicus
01/23/2018 at 19:19 |
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Tire sidewall is the aspect ratio between the width of the tire and the height of the tire, rather than an actual dimension. BMW likely does that to try to keep the front and rear tires close to the same rolling circumference while being able to have a wider rear tire.
Throwing both of those tire sizes into a calculator such as the one from
TacomaWorld
shows that those tire sizes are only 1% different in both overall diameter and circumference. Changing both to 45 sidewall or 40 sidewall results in a 2.6% and 2.8% difference respectively. That doesn’t seem like much, but its easy enough to get close by spec’ing the tires as BMW has.