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Originally Posted by RedTele58
Wheels.
And on a similar topic...
it's an engine, not a motor...
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engine sports?
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Originally Posted by golonaus
rims are rims
rims and tires = wheels
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When I hear someone refer to the wheel rim, I take that to mean that a rim is a part of a wheel and not the whole unit. Also, plenty of online companies like TireRack specialize in selling "tire and wheel" packages.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/wtpack.jsp?camefrom=wtpack
I love semantics!
incidentally, I listened to an interview with Dr. P at Porsche discussing the 918 and he reffered to the wheels as rims. That's what prompted this poll, typically it seems to me that I hear Europeans refer to wheels as alloys.