[200q20v] Tire size

[Rich Andrews]

Alex,

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rich


Alex Lee wrote:

> Howdy y'all,
> 
> I know you may think this is a really old question, but maybe not
> in the way I am looking at.  So here goes......
> 
> Both of my 200q20v's came with 15" BBS rims shod with 215/60-15 tires,
> so I've always thought that is the original stock setup and that's what
> the speedometer on our cars was calibrated to.  Well, I was just looking
> up the Audiworld website
> 
>   http://www.audiworld.com/model/historical.html
> 
> and the "Technical Specs" lists the tiresize for the 200q20v to be
> 205/60-15.  Now is *THAT* the official tire size for that car and thus
> gives the most accurate speedometer reading?
> 
> The reason I am asking this is that I am about to put on new rims on my
> cars and I would like to use the tires that give the closest match to
> the original spec for the speedo.  Thanks.
> 
> -Alex Lee
>  IBM Mircoelectronics Div., San Jose, Calif.
>      e-mail: calexlee at us.ibm.com
>  voice-mail: 408-256-6088
> 
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