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cornick
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Post subject: Going to a smaller tire. Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:31 am |
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So how bad is it if I go down in tire size?
Stock the 05 comes with 265/70/16, 30.6" (I believe) tires. A guy down the street has some 245/75/16....about 10 of them. I was thinking about picking up 5 of them and running street tires. These equate to 30.5".
I've gone up 2" in tire size and it changed my speedo, I would imagine going down .1" will affect my speedo by minimal. Is there anything else I should look into?
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XterraXtian
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Post subject: Re: Going to a smaller tire. Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:09 am |
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cornick wrote: Is there anything else I should look into?
a honda civic
just kidding!!! are you getting bad gas mileage on your current tires?
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cornick
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:30 am |
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About 12mpg. I use a gallon a day for work.
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MtDewMike
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:54 pm |
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XterraXtian
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:11 pm |
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That would be 12. (unless I really suck at word problems)
Last edited by XterraXtian on Fri May 16, 2008 2:24 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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cornick
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:20 pm |
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XterraXtian wrote: That would be 12. (unless I really suck at word problems)
hahaha
I drive 13 miles round trip but I do a lot of driving on weekends. So I'm thinking going this route to help the gas situation.
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XterraXtian
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:24 pm |
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I'm getting 17 mpg. Unless I drive like an a-hole (beating people off lights,
doing over 75, etc, the usual that gets you bad mileage) then it's worse. But
I'm consistent at 17 mpg. (I drive 24 miles a day...well worth living out here
in farm land....away from the general public!)
If stock tires help...I say do it. We need to do something. Im even scanning
Craigs List for a beater to drive to and from work.
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kokopop
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Post subject: Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:55 pm |
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I get a car and fuel from my work.
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RIXterra
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Post subject: Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 6:37 pm |
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Damn I have a whoping 3 mile (roundtrip) to my work and I still get crappy mpg's..
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kokopop
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:28 am |
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RIXterra wrote: Damn I have a whoping 3 mile (roundtrip) to my work and I still get crappy mpg's..
Damn you are closer to work then i am. I am 1.8 miles one way with no traffic lights.
I love working close to home.
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MtDewMike
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:28 am |
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RIXterra wrote: Damn I have a whoping 3 mile (roundtrip) to my work and I still get crappy mpg's..
That's because you drive a tank.
Speaking of which, can we get that emoticon?
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