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Full-size spare/tire size 900 1993

posted by  Brian S on  Fri May 16 07:19 CST 2003
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I just picked up a junkyard alloy rim to use as a full-size spare. The rim has a decent tire on it now; however the tire is a bit smaller than the regular tires I've got on the car...

regular summer tires = 205/55/16
regular winter tires = 195/65/15
"new" spare = 195/60/15
(circumfrance = 2.7% smaller than summer tires; 3% smaller than snows)

Anybody ever drive any kind of distance on a smaller spare like this? I figure the ABS light will come on, and the car might pull a bit to the side with the spare... but maybe not any worse than with the donut spare. If it seems like a bad idea, I'll get a new (or used) tire for the spare, but would rather keep the $$$ in my pocket...

- Brian '93 945T






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