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My New Tires Kind of Suck, any other suggestions? 850 1997

posted by  Highmile_volvo on  Wed Apr 22 18:32 CST 2009
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Hi,

I have a 1997 850 T-5. I bought a new set of Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S H-Rated tires. Tire Size, 205-55-16. These are classified as a All Weather High Performance tire.

Driving under normal conditions, on side streets, etc... they are fine, but driving 50mph or faster on a freeway, and you try to make a quick jerk in the steering wheel to avoid something on the road, you feel LAG. The car doesn't respond that quickly to the turn. I talked to the place I bought the tires from, and from what they said it's probably the tires, that the car weighs a lot and at those speeds, you are going to get LAG, unless you have a higher performace type tire. They also mentioned that this car originally came with V-Rated tires. They said that the V-Rated tire has a stiffer side-wall. But my brother said, that's not going to make much of a difference and that I should go with a different size tire, like a 215-50-16. He said this would provide better handling.

What are your opinions? What tire sizes do you run on your 850's turbo's? Is it safe to use a tire size that is not the factory standard?

Thank you,

Michael






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