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Old 05-02-2014, 05:11 PM   #37 (permalink)
oil pan 4
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I say stick the largest size you can on there and hand calculate your MPGs.
Figure out the difference in tire size percentage wise and when you fill up add athat precentage to your tank miles.
I have to do that with my suburban.
Plus you dont want close, a 3% difference is close. Add the difference to your milage even if its 1 or 2 percent. The slightly larger tire is likely to throw off the odometer reading by at least 2 or 3 percent and that could easily make a 1 mpg difference.

Shop around. When we put bigger ascends on the hyundai they were $9 per tire cheaper than the OE size ascend, That made the larger ascends the same price as the cheapest smaller OEM size tire.
$36, thats most of a tank of gas right there.
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