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Re: Those Germans are getting bad influences
The main reason would be that we're highly reglemented here in Germany.
Everything you change on a car ( even the steering wheel )
must be TÜV approved ( you have to go there and
have your car inspected ) .... if you get it street legal at all.
Things like a grillespoiler, different suspension, other wheels,
clear turnsignals, a Zender grille, are all things that
you will have to pay for approvement by TÜV engineers.
For example they fill your trunk with sand-bags and test drive the car
to check if there is no rubbing etc...
....And the rubber of the tire must be totally
covered by the upper arch of the fenders.
( just to name one of a million rules )
So it's pretty hard to build a good looking car that is
approved and street-legal here.
You lucky guys & gals over there can put wheels and rims and things
on a car just as you like - That makes it much easier & CHEAPER !
so please stop discussing about a bit rubber on a rim of a German Roc,
but try to make a better car -- HERE ! :-))
Greets
Dirk ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
To: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: Those Germans are getting bad influences
one reason to run tires like that is to limit rub.
If you had a full sized tire on the wheel, it would rub allot in many cases.
Josh Able
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
To: "Shawn Rader" <s_t_rader@excite.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Those Germans are getting bad influences
> It's not the width of the rim I'm talking about, it's
> the width of the tire on the rim that just isn't right
> with this car. Take a closer look at the picture on
> the left, you see the rim lip too much. It's like
> having 9 inch wide rims with 7 inch wide tires, just
> like the American low rider pimp mobiles with gold
> wire Dayton's!
>
> Don't get me wrong, the rim design looks OK, kind of
> reminds me of Delorean rims. Although I'm not very
> sure how our bearings stand up with 9" rims.
>
> Later...
>
>
> --- Shawn Rader <s_t_rader@excite.com> wrote:
> > I agree! Nothin wrong with wide wheels. The best
> > vw autocrossers run 13x9
> > inch rims with 225 series tires!
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 03:31:47 -0500, Josh Able wrote:
> >
> > > awesome wheels!!!!!! nothing wrong there!
> > >
> > >
> > > Josh Able
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
> > > To: "scirocco-L" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:27 PM
> > > Subject: Those Germans are getting bad influences
> > >
> > >
> > > > Look at the wheels on the Scirocco. This is
> > bordering
> > > > on goofy, looks similar to the idiots here in
> > the
> > > > States with the wide retarded rims and
> > undersized
> > > > tires.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> http://home.arcor.de/andreas-pfeiffer/pages/pictures/sonstige/gallery2.htm
> > > >
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