Car tire dimensions, why oh why 205/55/16.

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Why is a tire’s dimension described using inches, millimeters and percentage? Is it to annoy ppl or to make the believers of the imperial and metric system happy, all at once?

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The first number (205) is the diameter of the width of the tire in millimetres, the second number (55) is the lip of the tire in millimetres ( the rubber on the sides) and the third number (16) is the diameter of the rim in inches.

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