But then I don't get to go shopping. :( The old tire blew out because i took a turn too tightly and hit the effing curb.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > Why did you have a blowout? Obvious physical damage to the tire or a tire > defect? If it was physical damage causing the blowout, and you can "trust" > the remaining three not to blow for no obvious reason, and the spare is an > equally good tire of the same size with good tread, continue to enjoy them. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:09 PM > Subject: [MBZ] 205 vs 195 size tires for 1983 W123 300TD wagon? > > > > On my W123 1983 300TD station wagon, the PO mounted 205/70/14 all season > BF > > Goodrich Momentum tires rather than the tires in the 195/70/14 size. I > had > > a blowout on the RR tire, and mounted a different brand spare (same size > but > > different tread pattern). BF Goodrich no longer manufactures the > Momentum. > > > > Naturally, I have several questions: > > > > 1) Does anyone have a spare BFG Momentum in this size that he or she > would > > be willing to part with? > > > > 2) If I can't find another Momentum, should I replace ALL FOUR tires with > > 195/70/14 tires? The 205s currently on the car have maybe 10 k miles of > > life left on them, and are hard to find in any brand (they are rarely in > > stock). > > > > 3) How risky is it to drive indefinitely on a car with one out of four > tires > > having the same size but different tread? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Andrew > > 1983 300TD 320K miles and a high mileage badge on order > > 1985 300 CD 218 k miles (hers) and four (correct) 205/70/14 tires > > Thanks in advance > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090326/c1 > 7f1614/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090326/39d4bdb0/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
