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need help with tire selction
Posted by Ron Amundson (more from Ron Amundson) on Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:50:33
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I thought I had everything repaired and ready to roll. I have been driving to work everyday now that I have the electrics finally in order. No failures of any kind for over 300 miles. Then today, I blew my drivers side rear tire at 80mph when I ran over part of a truck's blown out tire on the freeway in heavy traffic so I couldn't avoid it. I've blown a lot of tires, and the Sonett is by far rhe best handling during a blow out, I'm amazed.
I pulled over and proceeded to get the spare out and the tire changed. Unfortunately my spare had developed a leak and was no longer functional. After calling every tire shop in Rochester, Minnesota looking for a 155/SR/15 and finding none, I got towed home. Now I need to order some tires and after checking tirerack and looking at this bbs, I'm really confused. What are the right tires and what tires are acceptable with the soccer ball rims.
155/SR15 on the vehicle, 165/0/R15 by tire racks selection guide, 185/60/R15 by bbs posting. I felt the handling with the current tires which are Continentals is excellant, but they don't seem to make this size anymore. What size should I go after and what compromises are made as I change size?
Any and all help is appreciated
Thanks
Ron
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