[V8] Tire/rim size and Speedometer calibration

[Kneale Brownson]

You're correct, it was a 195.  And that's what I have.

At 04:18 PM 3/9/2004 -0500, Charles Wurts wrote:
>I thought the winter package that Audi offered right after the car was 
>brought to the US used a 195/65 15 tire on a steel rim?
>
>
>On Mar 9, 2004, at 6:48 AM, Kneale Brownson wrote:
>
>> Your PO may be correct that the car came with the 205 tires.  The owner
>> manual for my 200q20v (which generally had the same brakes and tires 
>> as the
>> V8) had the 215 size in the original printing and an inserted extra 
>> page
>> with the 205 size.  The 205/65 winter tire configuration is 
>> recommended by
>> most of the winter tire specialists to give a slightly taller sidewall 
>> and
>> more narrow footprint for better traction and negotiation of slush/deep
>> snow.  I run the "tippy-toes" 205/65 winter tire and a 215/60 summer 
>> tire.
>>
>> At 12:45 AM 3/9/2004 -0500, Gunter wrote:
>>> Here's a question for owners of 'Canadian' spec V8 Q's.
>>>
>>> I only acquired mine 4-5 months ago.  The speedometer is metric, of 
>>> course.
>>> The previous owner claims that the car came factory equipped with 
>>> 205/60-15
>>> tire/wheel combos.  I am skeptical of his claim and thought that the
>>> tire/wheel combo was 215/60-15 regardless of final destination.  In 
>>> any
>>> case, the car is presently wearing 205/65-15 winter tires and I am 
>>> curious
>>> as to whether or not I should be factoring in a small (or perhaps not 
>>> so
>>> small) adjustment, based on differences in overall wheel diameter, 
>>> into the
>>> speedometer reading to bring it in line with the actual road speed.  
>>> I have
>>> already earned myself one speeding ticket with this car, and feel 
>>> that I
>>> should arm myself with whatever information is available in order to 
>>> keep
>>> within the legal limit...............at those times when I choose not 
>>> to
>>> exceed the limit.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gunter, Cleveland
>>> 1990 V8 Q Canadian Tornado red with 240 000kms
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