That's why every sport car have fat wide tires....

Your dealer is a moron, sorry.

 

Agreed. So why does the IPL have fat rear tires? Not to mention the 335ix; the S4; the S5; the E350 "4matic", etc.

Your dealer does not have a clue.

 

They are having full stock of X with 225 that is why, they need to sell them. X G is not as popular and they are having hard time selling them. I got mine only because of great deal and 0 rwd in stock, they also paid well for mine former G sedan.

 

I have vanity plates I took off the hybrid that say FULSIPR. I think I am going to put them on my G as kind of an oxymoron statement.
I like the hybrid until I drove the G and then it was like WTF? The hybrid is boring and it has to go. The rest is history.

 

Agree, I would be last on this planet to buy this thing on wheels. They are ugly, slow, quiet, boring, etc

 

Breitling: Actually the X is selling well in the upper midwest (I'm in Chicago). I took delivery of mine on 12/30 nd it was a breeze to drive in ice and snow this winter (and hardly used "snow mode" which is probably a marketing ploy, anyway...).

Agreed, that's the first thing I did (scratched my head) when dealer said "thinner tires = more agile/sporty"...I immedately thought of an Indy car. Like, duh....?

But I've had some vendors tell me that my stock all-season Dunlop 225/50R18 18x8 would fit on a new 19" or 20" rim of my choosing. True? False?

I have NO intention of dropping this coupe. I can't, anway, given the steep incline of my driveway and poor condition of streets in my neighborhood.

What say ye, gentlemen? 19"? 20"? OR keep looking at 18" rims? I still think the 18" looks dinky on the coupe, yet I want to keep my stock tires.

Plus, I'm not doing a summer/winter season switch. The wheels are the wheels, period, until I take 'em off when my lease is up.

T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U!

 

I would say that you cannot put 18" tires on 19 or 20 inch wheels. The larger the rim and the higher the profile of the tires, the more fragile they become creating an increased chance that they will bend if you hit a pot hole, or if they do not bend, you could create a bubble in the tire forcing you to replace it.