Most car manufacturers, put low profile tyres on their top spec models - like the EX Civic. They are a disaster on most cars. The effects are:
a) they make the car far too stiff: the suspension on roads (other than motorways) transmits every bump up through your backside
b) they wear out quickly
c) the handling of the car goes to shit on less than perfect surfaces
d) they are noisy
e) a puncture often means a new tyre: if you don't stop immediately, the rim will cut through the side wall of the tyre.
If you change the wheels and get conventional tyres, you will transform your daughter's Civic.
Just be careful what wheel / tyre combination you get: the speedometer will not read correctly, if you do not get it right.
Well worth doing, expensive, but the results are worth it: cheaper than changing the car and makes it much more pleasant (and safer) to drive.
Last edited by poulgorm; 02-05-2010 at 11:15 AM..
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