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Originally Posted by COKen
While narrow tires do go through deep snow better than wider tires, both tires will have the same pressure per square inch if they are filled with the same air pressure. The weight per square inch of any tire is always equal to the air pressure in the tire. Any tire inflated to 32 pounds per square inch, for example, presses down on the pavement with 32 pounds per square inch. The weight of the car is counter balanced by the air pressure in the tires on the surface so the pressure per square inch will be the same no matter how wide the tire. The shape of the contact patch is wider for the wide tire, but shorter. The shape for the narrow tire is longer but narrower. But both will have the same contact area. We keep hearing that you should use narrow tires for your winter tires, which is true if you will be driving in deep snow, but for most of us it really doesn't matter, because most of us drive in areas where the roads are plowed, or have enough traffic so that any snow is packed down.
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I appreciate this so much.
So I will stick to a 8.5 rim and maybe 245/40/18 tires. Not sure what tires Ill need for NYC. Continental DWS should do the job. Global warming been a bit sketchy though.
