I believe the tire size reference is that your current tires are not the original size that was run on the car when it was new.
However, all things being the same except for the width (205 vs. 195) you should only have an error of about 2%. That means at 60 mph you would really be going a little under 59 mph. Find some 15” wheels for that beast and you can’t imagine how much better it will drive and handle. -D > On Apr 23, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Rick, what do tires have to do with it? They are the correct size. > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 3:31 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> You need new tires. >> >> >> Rick >> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Sent: April 23, 2023 1:30 PM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Cc: astrasfo...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W126 speedometer inaccuracy >> >> Absolutely. They're 10 year old michelin's 205 70 14. >> >> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 12:27 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Does it have the correct size tires? >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023, at 21:42, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >>>> I observed that my '85 300SD speedometer is about 10% below the actual >>>> vehicle speed, starting at 45 mph and above. >>>> >>>> I recently had the odometer repaired but the tech was unable to explain >>> the >>>> discrepancy. Any suggestions? There are no records of the po having >>>> worked on this. Could this be an issue with the speedometer cable? >>>> >>>> Andrew >>>> 1985 300SD >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
