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FL wrong size tire did some damage... V70-XC70 1998

posted by  someone claiming to be klowry on  Mon Nov 25 09:18 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I got a bad flat driving in Mexico a few weeks ago. I drove around and around trying to find the right size replacement, but could only find a 200 instead of a 205. At the time it didn't occur to me that this would damage the car, but it seems pretty logical now.

Can anyone give me an educated guess as to what all got damaged by doing this? I went about 30-40 miles on the new smaller tire before blueish smoke came up and the front end locked up. The car will still drive (barely) but it sound and feels terrible (crunching noises in the front/center). It drove enough to get on and off a trailer...

Before I tow it over to a mechanic I would like to have a clue as to how much I might be paying for this repair. Any guesses?

Thanks,
Keith





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