> So, I'm thinking that I'll go with the 185R14 Hankooks given
> that my current tires are probably a danger to me and others
> on the road.
> I'm trying to understand a few things, just for my own betterment.
> It seems, and maybe I'm wrong, that when referring to the
> 185s they are generally referred to as 185R14 just describing
> the width of the tire and the rim size.
> But when talking about the 205s, they are usually referred to with a
> ratio: 205/70R14.
> Does this ratio somehow become unimportant in the 185s? Or is
> there only one ratio offered and that's why the shorthand?

The "missing" number is 82 (on either a 185R14 or 195R14). I'm sure there is
some backstory on why this particular tire size doesn't actually list the
middle number, but I don't know why that is.

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