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Subject:Lazy fellow tire size ?
From:Don Hanson
Date:Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:21:19 -0800

I have a lead on Hankook RAO 8 tires (Tire Crazy) for $98 with free
shipping.  They offer just the 195 r 14 size.  The stock size for my van is
185 r 14.  I like those RAO 8s for the front, I want some more. My "lazy
guy" question is prompted by having poor and frustrating internet access
where I'm currently camping, making finding a readable and understandable
tire size calculator rather tedious using my new phone, one that still
often stumps me.

  My current fronts are old Nokian Hakka Cs  (185 r14s) that are going
quite bald.  I have a remote- country homeward journey pending, couple of
thousand miles in the deserted West. I really shouldn't try it on these
worn fronts, so I'm thinking of having the RAOs , in the available size
drop-shipped to a nearby tire service to be mounted before I Ieave.

  No full "tire thread" needed...just need a rundown of the  consequences
of using the RAO 8 tire in 195r 14 on the front of my 84  5sp tin-top as
opposed to the 185r 14s I have on there now. TIA..

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