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Speedy speedo - oops! wrong size tires for my 240 wagon : ( 200

posted by  ldray on  Sat Nov 29 04:27 CST 2003
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Thanks for the suggestions regarding the speedometer problem.. reading faster than actual speed. I checked my (new) tire size and sure enough.. 185-70 R14's.
Darn.

I do have my own '80 244 that could use new tires, although I was going to wait for Spring. The 244's tires have some more life in them, but what else can I do?

My odometer was broken in the other speedo, so replacing the wagon's speedo from ebay to the tune of about 55.00 wasn't a killer.

Unfortunately, with the wrong tire size, the odometer will read more miles than actually driven. I'll need a calculator to figure speed and mileage.
Question: I suppose if I put a sedan speedo in there, the readings would be correct. But I guess the car would get much better mileage with the right tires, not to mention it wasn't designed for the smaller tire.

Any thoughts/ suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Larry






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