Has anyone gone skinnier? I know we have some mighty skinny tires already. But the skinnier the better, I always say. Ok, well I've never said that. But I'm declaring it now! I'm starting to really like the pizza cutter tire look.

Having owned the Blueberry for over a year now, the 165/65's are looking like as wide as F1 race tires (to me).

Mo' skinnier ought to return higher fuel economy. I did some tirerack research and there are 2 tires in the 135/80-14 size, that yield a 22.504" diameter compared to the 22.445" diameter of the 165/65-14. This is .26% larger in diameter ... effectively the same diameter. And it least it would be going in the right direction to correct the slightly optimistic speedometer.

One tire is a Vredestein Sprint Classic (so you know it's gotta be awesome). And the other is a Pirelli Spare Tyre. Even says "Spare Tyre" on the side, hehehe.

Couple dudes put the Vredestein Sprint Classic on the fronts of their classic (possibly muscle) cars, and had good things to say about them. Other even skinnier tires get too short.

Seems legit, and the tires say they're good for 4" - 4.5" rims. So these tires should fit our 4.5" rims. A little pricey though, at $164 per tire. I'd probably cheap out before I'd buy these tires though. Friggin Enasaves are like $167 a tire. So yeah, pricey (both). That and no more Blueberry Heavy Haul Tow Rig on such skinny tires.


Other interesting stats:

Vredestein - Dunlop:
Weight: 12 lbs - 13 lbs
Tread Width: 3.8" - 5.5" (now that's cutting some pizza!)

Comments? Questions? Concerns? Suggestions?