Space saver spares are rarely the same size as the other 3 tires on your
vehicle.  Keep your speed down if you have to use a smaller size spare tire
and get the bad one fixed asap so you can complete your trip.  Who needs to
match spares these days?  Synchro not withstanding.
TEMiller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don in North Carolina" <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Spare Tire Matching

> Rich,
>
> The difference in the two sizes is ~ 1.4% (it will vary some from
> manufacturer to manufacturer).  This shouldn't be significant if neither
of
> the following is true:
>
> 1) You want to perform tire rotations using the spare in the rotation
>
> 2) You have a Syncro van
>
> As long as you aren't driving a Syncro and you don't rotate the spare, you
> should be fine.
>
> Don in Reidsville, NC
> 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Pournelle" <rich@XCOR.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tue 30 November 2004 09:30
> Subject: Spare Tire Matching
>
>
> >I currently have 205/70/14 sears van tires on my van with stock alloy
> > rims. I need 4 new tires but I want to avoid buying a 5th tire for my
> > spare if possible. I read somewhere that 185R14 tires will match these
> > tires and I am considering the Continental Vanco tires and am
> > wondering if I will need to buy a 5th tire so the spare will match.
> > The details of the Vanco tires can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.conti-
> > online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobile/themes/van/motor_
> > home/vanco_8/master_en.html
>