[Shotimes] Gas Mileage and British Sports Cars

[Alan Fanning]

Your expectations seem a bit high to me for a tire and wheel change. What
your basis for such a large improvement?

    Alan


David Rosicke wrote:

> 
> On the Mileage note:  I'm thinking of putting a set of basket weeves on my '91
> with Bridgestone Turanza LS-H's 205/65-15's.  They are decent mileage tires,
> good in the rain (which says something on the Honda Wagon I'm running them
> on!) and with the 15" rims, the combination will be MUCH lighter than the
> Slicer/BFG KDW 225/55-16 set I have on now.  I don't go over 120 MPH much
> anyway these days!  Oh, and the 205 instead of the 215/60-15 size will help my
> mileage AND keep my speedometer correct (it reads lower than actual by 3 MPH
> at 70)
> 
> That above combination I plan on going with should net me at least 3-5 MPG
> over the current combo. I get 18/26 now.  My old stock '89 used to get 32 MPG
> Highway @ 65 MPH.