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Date Posted: 13:08:40 11/16/01 Fri
Author: Iain Brodie
Subject: Winter tyres

Winter has returned to Munich and, after putting the winter wheels on, I remembered that some of you had been kind enough to respond to my question: why are they smaller (diameter) than the summer ones ?

Some months ago, I finally received a telephone message as answer from Peugeot Germany - it is simply to leave more room for snow chains, as some of you had suggested. I am still not completely convinced, I think there is enough clearance in the wheel arches around the summer tyres, and the winter tyres are already narrower. Anyway, the authorities and dealers in Germany are very strict about which tyre sizes are approved for a car, so I simply have to comply.

There was another issue: why did I have to buy another set of alloy wheels for my winter tyres ? Most people here have their winter tyres mounted on cheap steel wheels. The salt on the roads is not good for alloys and everything is so dirty there seems to be no point in using nice alloys. Answer: the alloys are apparently necessary because there are no steel wheels with a shape which leaves room for the 406 Coupe's Brembo brake calipers.

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