Wheels or Rims

fredtoo · 12-14-2005, 07:18 AM

Those round parts that connect the tire to the wheel hub, What do you call them?

Jimifighter · 12-14-2005, 07:59 AM

When the California members wake up I think we will see a dramatic change in the poll results.

fredtoo · 12-14-2005, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimifighter

When the California members wake up I think we will see a dramatic change in the poll results.

That, and the slackers on either coast

BMW0 · 12-18-2005, 02:53 PM

Doh! Its not a public poll, can't tell who choose what... too bad

jcoo085 · 12-18-2005, 03:15 PM

Damn. No option for both? I usually use both to mean different things.

Rims: what the tyres are mounted on

Wheels: rims and tyres together (ie, tyres mounted on rims)

ksfrogman · 12-18-2005, 04:06 PM

I vote for hubcaps. NOT!

jcoo085 · 12-18-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ksfrogman

I vote for hubcaps. NOT!

Ha ha. Very funny. :finger:

dme330i · 12-18-2005, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jcoo085

Damn. No option for both? I usually use both to mean different things.

Rims: what the tyres are mounted on

Wheels: rims and tyres together (ie, tyres mounted on rims)

No.

Wheels - what the tires are mounted on.

Rims should not even be used to describe anything on a car IMO. Leave it at "rim - the thing you try to reach when slamming a basketball."

jcoo085 · 12-18-2005, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dme330i

No.

Wheels - what the tires are mounted on.

Rims should not even be used to describe anything on a car IMO. Leave it at "rim - the thing you try to reach when slamming a basketball."

Then how do you distinguish between a wheel without a tyre and one with a tyre on it? When a tyre comes off a 'wheel', what do you call it then? Still a wheel? What about when you put a tyre on a wheel? Then it's also a wheel?
What happens when you go into a tyre shop and you want to distinguish between a wheel without a tyre and wheel with? Do you always say 'wheel without a tyre' or 'wheel with a tyre'?

Your own Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines "rim" as:
2a: the outer part of a wheel joined to the hub usually by spokes
b: a removable outer metal band on an automobile wheel to which the tire is attached

and wheel as:
1 : a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle

The dictionary I use whenever I need to look up a word (The Oxford English Dictionary) defines rim as:
2 (also wheel rim) the outer edge of a wheel, on which the tyre is fitted.

and wheel as:
1 a circular object that revolves on an axle, fixed below a vehicle to enable it to move along or forming part of a machine

So essentially, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.

kt157 · 12-18-2005, 07:59 PM

why not shoes or heels or spinners or ....?

i think i would call my rims heels. "she got some new 19" heels"

View Poll Results: Wheels or Rims
Rimz, I be hip, rimz be pimpin out my whip	10	27.78%
Wheels, I know what they are, and I know how to spell.	26	72.22%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

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