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Old 08-04-2018, 05:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
Let’s call that “misinformed “

The OEMs had a horizontally more narrow tread, but the depth was the same.

Tire rack usually lists 3 different Goodyear’s for the volt , the narrowist , lightest one is the true OEM but to be honest there isn’t much difference in RR between the 3 and the wider one is only about a lb more

Be up to the OP to decide if it’s worth it.
When I looked into it the tire name and size was the same but the Volt tire did have less depth. You can call it misinformed, but that was the case.
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