Rotational Aeros

Paul Halliday ( snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No.

The tyres, possibly, but it's more likely to compromise their ultimate grip. The wheels, it's purely cosmetic - maybe they extract air from the brakes a little better, but that's not really going to be a problem on the road. They may even stay cleaner, the wrong way round, if they're pushing air over the brakes rather than sucking it out...

No, none at all. And if it were me, I wouldn't even do anything about it 'til I next had the wheels off for another job.

in article BC371EC4.CBF2% snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk, Paul Halliday at snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk wrote on 23/01/2004 18:56:

Thanks for the replies - glad to know there's no damage done. I'll still go and shout at the tyre fitter though :)

Paul

Don't tell him that it doesn't matter. Tell him that the car will drive backwards and pedestrians will be sucked into the wheels, the wheels will fall off...

Worst that could happen is, you would get better braking and worse acceleration grip (especially in the wet as the directional channels wouldn't clear the wrong way), or vice versa, depending on how the tyre was designed to perform.

in article snipped-for-privacy@news.cis.dfn.de, MeatballTurbo at snipped-for-privacy@bouncing-czechs.com wrote on 26/01/2004 13:49:

The tyres are pointing the right way, so grip should be fine; it's the wheels that point backwards. As a consequence, I get cleaner wheels, but suck small dogs into the brakes (or so I'm told) :)

Paul

Paul Halliday ( snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

So it's a win-win, then?