What are the advantages of having smaller wheels?

>>16874888
More torqqq

smaller turn radius

Cheaper tyres

comfy ride

higher torque, lower top speed, worse MPG

just lowers your gear ratio

>>16874919
It's funny that just today I've read some test on the latest VW Golf and the bigger the diameter the worse the MPG...

>>16875429
and what's the reasoning behind that?

>pr/o/s
*faster acceleration
*better city MPGs
>c/o/ns
*worse highway MPGs
*less tire life

>>16874919
Smaller WHEELS
WHEELS!!!
tire diameter can be the same as a car with larger wheels.
You just run taller tires on smaller wheels.
Offers more comfortable ride.
Has nothing to do with mpg or top speed or gear ratios

Fucking morons on in this place

>>16874919
Smaller wheels result in better MPG. What are you on about ?

>>16875480
Dunno, but it was like 20vs23 MPG or something like that. But it just might be the fact that you need to rotate a lighter mass? Also the test might have been on normal roads and not on highways?

>>16875503
Neither of you are correct.

>>16874888
This is all assuming your tire diameter is the same. Aka a 14" wheel with a tire sidewall of 4" = 18" wheel with a tire sidewall of 2"

Diameter:
>Often lighter than larger counterparts (rubber is lighter than metal)
>Better ride (tires can flex more and use air as cushion)
>Better tire durability (larger sidewalks are more durable)

Thickness:
>Better turning grip in deep traction areas like mud and snow
>Better fuel economy

a taller wheel will lower fine drive ratio
a smaller wheel of same weight will slightly, immeasurably increase efficiency
a smaller lighter wheel will increase efficiency and handling.
you wheel should be no larger than necessary to clear your caliper with an 1inch or so of space, anything larger is fashion.

>>16875497
fucking euthanize yourself you illiterate retard

>>16875503
driving on smaller wheels is like driving in a lower gear, you have to rev higher to reach the same speed. rotational energy is way less relevant.

>>16875619
>a smaller wheel of same weight will slightly, immeasurably increase efficiency
at the same revs maybe

>>16875707
>>16875716
Is this a new meme or something?
WHEELS have nothing to do with gear ratios
TIRES determine the diameter. Not the wheel.
Fucking fuck

It's not that significant enough unless you were changing from 18" wheels with rubber bands to 14" with rubber bands. Most of the time you compensate smaller wheel side with bigger tires

Idk but you're pretty much a homosexual if you're not running 21s by now

>>16874919
>differently sized tyres will lower your gear ratio

seems like it would be a wrong investment buying a transmission with shorter gears

>>16874888
smaller wheels allow you to put on larger tires than what you had before, and in terms of ride quality in a car there is no replacement for.. bigger tires. it changes the ride quality for the better.