FS: 14x5.5" Steel rims for 01-03 Prius, 93-02 Corolla, pre-2004

You may have better luck selling the entire wheels instead of just the rims.

I didn't realize that there was a difference between a rim and a wheel

- that the terms are used interchangeably.

In this case, it's the round metal thing that you can mount a tire onto, and that bolts onto the car. No tire included.

Sorry for the confusion!

Calling a wheel a "rim" is probably one of the most common errors in the use of automotive terminology, akin to referring to a car as a "bumper" or a house as a "roof."

You can look up the terms "wheel" and "rim" at

You're technically correct, but at the same time I don't think anyone who read the original post was confused.

Aside to Michelle Steiner: Do you think we should invite Tony to join this thread?

Yes, I am nit-picking and agree that in this particular case, the message was not confusing. I try to teach people correct terms so that they will not come across like Cliff the mailman from "Cheers" when they deal with someone in the auto business.

There are several instances where using "rim" as a synonym for wheel will lead to confusion or ambiguity: What is a split rim? Where would you look for rim damage?

And I was really pretty much reacting to something going on in another thread in another newsgroup entirely. The Tony I referred to was simply told the actual name of a computer product and went ballastic.

Good luck getting more than $15 per rim used for them. Put them on your local CRAIGSLIST - the cost to ship far exceeds their value.

Hell no. Keep him corralled in csms.

but it just seems that I am using an archaic term.

All three of those links make a distinction between "wheel" and "rim."

I didn't think you were selling wagon wheels since they probably wouldn't fit your car ;-)

The problem with information published on the internet by independent tire and wheel dealers is that there is no easy way to verify whether they have the knowledge and background to be a credible source of information. Major tire and wheel manufacturers, associations, automakers, and SAE sites are much more likely to contain correct information.

Synecdoche is a spice of language; paprika, I think.

In a field where one may scrub his tyres on the kerb, retrieve the spare from the boot, and dodge a lorrie while changing the knackered tyre I think I can let this slide. If there were a distinct item that is a rim on most cars the confusion would be more of a problem.

Mike

"It's a perfectly cromulent word." - Mrs. Krabappel of "The Simpsons"

Sold.

I have learned that some Honda Civics also take this same size wheel.