Poor Handeling In The Rain

Originally Posted by Chuck33079 OP, narrower tires are better in rain and snow. The only time wider helps is on dry pavement. You're spreading the weight of the car over

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05-18-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

OP, narrower tires are better in rain and snow. The only time wider helps is on dry pavement. You're spreading the weight of the car over a larger contact patch, resulting in less weight pressing the tire down per square inch of contact patch.

Incorrect - contact patch area is based on car weight and tire pressure - a narrow tire has a different shape than a wide tire, but same area and same force per square inch = tire pressure.

It is the shape of the contact patch that makes the difference - think forcing a toy boat through water frontwards or sideways to see the difference.

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