Great! I'll watch for the other thread. I agree with your collective MPG comment. I've gone on and on in other threads about the variables that go into any given tank of gas that could influence the outcome +/- 3-5 MPG. We all have good tanks and bad ones. After 3 years and ~80 tanks of gas I'm a little less enthusiastic about obsessing over any one of them.

I'm glad you chose the 17". That's not a bad weight for that size rim. Most racing rims I was looking at were 15-16 lbs for a 17", so your 18 is a nice number. In retrospect, I should have gone with a 17" setup and a 205/50 tire. I got caught up in the whole weight thing. I'm not unhappy with the 15's, but now that I know they don't make all that much difference, I could have gone larger. I'll remember that for my 2010 HCH... ;-)

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