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I want to replace my tires quickly: one just got destroyed by a hole in the road.
My car came with 195/60R15 tires. Were there any problems with the 195/65R15 tires in a bigger diameter? The authority at the Sears Auto Center refused to sell me 65 aspect ratio tires because they were not original equipment.
The wheel wells look plenty big for bigger tires. The tires on the supercharged Cobalts were quite wide, so Chevrolet changed the steering gear and the buyers had less travel and a larger turning radius.
Of course, my incentive for the bigger tire is to get a 3% higher gear and lower engine RPMs, rather like the XFE transmission upgrade of a higher fifth gear to get lower engine RPMs.
The tires I am considering are the Michelin Defender, the Continental PureContact with EcoPlus Technology, and the General Altimax HP. I put those Generals on my wife's Matrix: they have great dry traction. I would buy them even though they are not LRR. The fuel economy is still good.
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