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Originally Posted by twj347
The 185/65-14 tires are 2.2% larger than the 175/65-14 tires. Your odometer will read lower with the smaller tires, so you need to multiply your miles travelled by 2.2% when calculating mileage. ...
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Actually he switched to the smaller tires, which means that he is counting more distance on his odometer not less. The smaller tires spin faster and they turn more times per mile, so therefore in the same distance as the larger tires they will cause the odometer to count more miles.