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Old 08-10-2009, 12:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
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There's a number of reasons why you don't want to go smaller than the stock size - and fuel economy is one of them.

As a general rule, tires with more load carrying capacity - and that generally means larger diameter - get ever so slightly better rolling resistance - all other things being equal.
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