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WHEEL SIZE NOT only affects a car’s performance but it also has an impact on noise levels, comfort and fuel economy.
As tyre sidewall height decreases, performance tends to get sharper and handling usually improves too. Lap times also seem to improve but not massively so.
However, when it comes to NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) smaller rims are usually more quieter and less harsh than larger wheels. But this can all depend on the brand and type of tyre you put on your car too.
Larger wheels can impact on ride quality making for a skittish, more thrashy driving experience. Smaller wheels on the other hand usually make a car feel more comfortable especially when it comes to driving over potholes and rougher road surfaces.
If you are thinking of pimping out your ride by adding massive alloys just be warned that the bigger the wheel the bigger the tyres and therefore the higher the rolling resistance. The more something resists, the more energy is needed to move it. Therefore you are going to burn more fuel to move your car. Also, larger tyres weigh more so this too will also negatively affect fuel consumption.
So, if you are thinking about switching tyre size you should really think about what it is you want to get out of your tyres. If you want to improve handling and performance maybe you should upsize your wheels. On the other hand, if you want to improve noise and comfort and fuel economy you could look at putting on smaller wheels.
However, sometimes just changing tyre brand and type will improve these areas without having to change size. Tyres are manufactured with these various requirements in mind and you can search online to find the right tyre type for you.
Also, be careful how wheel size affects the aesthetics of your car. There is nothing worse, IMHO, than an under-wheeled vehicle where the wheels don’t fill out the wheel arches. Properly filled arches can really make a car look stunning whereas wheels that are too small can really hurt a car’s looks.
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I could say the alphabet backwards when I was 19
there was no support for me in school, i was reading at a 14 year old level and doing calculus by the time i was 7, i was reading dinosaurs latin names at 3,there were no resources in the 70′s and early 80′s when i went to school so i had to endure mind numbing boredom for 6-7 hours a day for 11 years, there was nothing the teachers could do, it put me off academia for ever, i just couldnt wait to get out of there
How about a case of a gifted young person whose financially challenged parents were repeatedly told their child had a “great future ahead” – which was interpreted by the parents as a great big dollar sign. The child was then told when they grew up they could “help” Mammy and Daddy which of course was correctly interpreted by the said child, who went off on a self destructive collision course to sabotage their own future as best possible, eventually culminating in a 6 month disappearance at the age of 28 leaving plenty of unpaid debts. A cautionary tale, but a lesson that parents should not have their child’s future framed in terms of how much their potential earnings are.
i should also mention my own laziness there and not put all the blame on others…
I could do my 7 times tables in 6.9 seconds when I was eight, now it takes me 6.9 days………
It would have been better to talk to the kids themselves than an educator who just speaks for them, no?
Of course any child’s talents should be supported but it is better to let children follow their passions. In terms of education problems (as being a genius isn’t a ‘problem’ per se), I’d be more worried about falling standards in schools and about kids who go to uni and can’t spell properly, can’t formulate an argument and will only do something if it is “on the exam”… because that’s how they’ve been conditioned by the Leaving Cert. Doling out A’s and B’s just seems to enhance ‘entitlement’ culture that flourished during the Celtic Tiger debacle…
Try being a gifted kid growing up in a working class Catholic family, educated at a Catholic state school where any deviation from the norm made you a potential delinquent or a target for bullying. There are gifted alcoholics propping up bars in towns and villages all over this country, those who managed to avoid being labelled and institutionalised as many gifted adults were and still are I suspect.
there probably are gifted alcoholics propping up bars everywhere…..but they have no one to blame but themselves….
“So, here, they can make friends and talk about whatever they want – comics, girls, cars, sports, whatever – just like any other group of kids.”
Girls?
How very inclusive of all bright kids.
CTYI doesn’t accomplish a lot of its stated aims. Back in my day, a lot of the people who went there were hippie-stoner types. At least they had more then enough brain cells to murder with weed fumes…
Could easily be confused with Asperger Syndrome based on the behaviours these gifted children exhibit.
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