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Old 03-23-2009, 09:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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One option for scroungers is to use four compact spare tires. They only last 10,000 miles, but they are almost free for the picking. Take a measuring stick to the wrecker's to check hole spacing. To re-figure your odometer, stick some tape on your tire so it hangs off the side. Roll onto it and mark the pavement. Roll another contact or so, and measure the gap. Then, do the same with the new tires. Divide one into the other, and there's the fiddle factor for your instruments.

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Looks like tirerack.com is out also, at least when I checked this evening. Just another case of the man holding us down. :-(
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One option for scroungers is to use four compact spare tires. They only last 10,000 miles, but they are almost free for the picking. Take a measuring stick to the wrecker's to check hole spacing. To re-figure your odometer, stick some tape on your tire so it hangs off the side. Roll onto it and mark the pavement. Roll another contact or so, and measure the gap. Then, do the same with the new tires. Divide one into the other, and there's the fiddle factor for your instruments.
Thats what I have been doing on my comutacar and the previous owners as well.

I will say that if you are willing to bounce and possibly get better FE go to wallyland or to fleet farm and get some 4.80x12's or 5.20x12's from the trailer section as they are pretty cheap and very bouncy.

Now a real stumper, where the heck do I get 4.8x10's for my Subaru 360? I also need a rim and tube for a spare.
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12 inch tires? lol wtf
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Yah, so? I mainly need 10" tires, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Yah, so? I mainly need 10" tires, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
I don't smoke, thanks for the offer. Plus burning tires is against the law, and not so eco-friendly.

That's cute though, if I had a kid I'd give him your citicar as a toy.

It's just funny to think that childrens bicycles come with 20" tires, and an automobile was made with 12" ID tires.

By the way, I recall when I worked at Sears years ago they had some 12" snow tires, that won't help right now but if anybody needs some WinterHandler Ice & Snow - P145/80SR12 Sears does carry them afaik.
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I don't smoke, thanks for the offer. Plus burning tires is against the law, and not so eco-friendly.

That's cute though, if I had a kid I'd give him your citicar as a toy.

It's just funny to think that childrens bicycles come with 20" tires, and an automobile was made with 12" ID tires.

By the way, I recall when I worked at Sears years ago they had some 12" snow tires, that won't help right now but if anybody needs some WinterHandler Ice & Snow - P145/80SR12 Sears does carry them afaik.
I will pass that on, my Comutacar takes 13" tires (which are actually harder to find than 12"'s in the 125 designation) my Subaru takes 10". But others have 12" rims on their C-car

The thing is smaller tires save resources and could reduce wind resistance if sized appropriately for the application. Lets face it 20" rims on a sub 5000lb vehicle is rather rediculous and normally it makes the ride suck.

Heck my folks 20000lb 40' motorcoach has 20" rims!
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I was just giving you a hard time, I totally agree with smaller tires / sizes I just haven't heard anybody mention 12's for a few years now.

I am rolling 14's on both cars and the small contact patch certainly is a huge part of improving mpg.


Where did you find all these old / rare cars?
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Where did you find all these old / rare cars?
I paid dearly to get them Not quite but I have been looking for them for years, since before I had any money to buy one. (its really too bad I didn't buy one years ago as they would have been cheaper)

I prefer odd cars over what is spewed out of detroit and I just like the unique factor. I also like the cheap factor as well.

My C-car was my only transport 5 days a week for nearly 2 years, now it is on/off as I rebuild some stuff.

My subaru was supposedly rebuilt but needed a new float and now the gas lines keep clogging with sediment even though the tank is supposedly coated.
Ah well, it will take a while to get it a reliable daily runner instead of just a daily runner.

Now if you need a Dodge crewcab or a TDI Jetta I have some I could unload
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Ryan, I'm not sure where you get 10" rims, but my Mom's Honda N600 takes 10" tires and used to have trailer tires on it, we replaced them with these and it's a vast improvement, for my Commuti-car I have 145/70 R13 tires that I got from a Zenn NEV dealer, to get them I talked to Tim@greenautos.com, they might have 12" tires as well seeing as how no normal tire shop carries 145/70 R13.
Next set of tires I need for my Citi-car I'm going to get from Chris Schneider at Honda Motorwerks in La Crosse WI, they sell Columbia NEV's with continental ecotrac 145/70 R13 tires and he claimed that his parts manager can at least get that size, so it might be worth checking with them as well.

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