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I'm looking to purchase 2 tires for my TDI. The wheels are 16x6.5". What size would one recommend? I'm just looking for an inexpensive tire that's going to last a little bit. Current size is 205/55R16. Thanks!
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Yokohama avid ascend is what we run on our 1.8t bug and out hyundai that gets driven 20k miles a year.
It uses orange oil to replace petroleum oil, they are LRR, made to last 80 or 90 thousand miles and they are made in roanoke Virginia.
Eventually I will put them on everything but the truck and trailer.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...eum-26530.html
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Yea oranges are eco friendly, ofter draining the Florida swamp to grow them, and the pesticides, fungicides, phosphates and nitrates used and released into the environment, the are not green, are they.
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Hey, if they're inexpensive & give great mpg, I'm all for them. The orange orchards are already there and the oranges are being grown & picked now.
It's not like they have to go out and kill off the last of the Garden of Eden now in order to do this. Why not use the peels for tires? I love it!
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Greener than what will happen next. They will rip out all the trees and build more homes, more condos, more Mc Mansions and with that more cars. Of course they will need more power plants to run all the air conditioners, sewage plants, land fills and more roads.
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Kuhmos have been great tires for the price. I ran 4 or 5 sets on the Infiniti q45
Go to tire rack for com and compare
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Love my Yokohamas. T speed rated, low rolling resistance & highest UTQG rating for the buck out there. They have a $60.00 rebate going now on a set of 4.
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Im running Firestone FR 710s now. They are really quiet and have had really good treadwear thus far.
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Yea oranges are eco friendly, ofter draining the Florida swamp to grow them, and the pesticides, fungicides, phosphates and nitrates used and released into the environment, the are not green, are they.
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You do realize they use orange oil from the peels left over from making orange products and that they are not growing oranges for oil like farmers grow corn for ethanol.
Good I hate swamps. Ever been to one?
A few hundred years ago great dismal Swamp in virginia was drained as much possible.
No one is complaining.
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Originally Posted by PAFirefighter11
I'm looking to purchase 2 tires for my TDI. The wheels are 16x6.5". What size would one recommend? I'm just looking for an inexpensive tire that's going to last a little bit. Current size is 205/55R16. Thanks!
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Try to fit the biggest tire you can. There is a small, but significant improvement in RR - all other things being equal.
As a general rule, there is room to go up 2 sizes - in your case, that would be from 205/55R16 to 205/65R16 or 215/60R16, but you will need to check for clearance - and this might require some outside help as the worst case is when the suspension is completely collapsed and the steering wheel completely turned.
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