On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 05:21:33PM -0400, Mitch Haley wrote: > Kevin wrote: > > 85 190D 2.2 five speed - 40-41 mpg before pirellis were installed, about > > 36-38 > > afterwards (tires too sticky). > > Are the new tires larger diameter than the old? > Did the new tires come with an alignment job? Did they botch the toe-in?
Same diameter (within a few mm), same alignment. Used wheels on rims that were a lot cleaner, just the tires are way wider (205 instead of 175) and a lot sticker (pirelli p4000s compared to bottom of the line goodyears). A set of marshall's favorite X-1s would easily solve the problem, but they're NLA. Those tires are almost dead (bought the rims more than the tires), so I'll have some experimenting to do. K
