Go the cheese cutters! lol
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Go the cheese cutters! lol
Well on my last trip I got a blow out.Attachment 60837
Pulled into Goondiwindi and a nice tyre place helped me out with a second hand tyre 265/75/16.
Only thing was the spare I had was 265/75/16 and the others are 265/70/16. The Joys of buying a pre loved vehicle.
So I matched the size on the rear to 265/75/16 and when I got home I bought 2 more 265/75/16 tyres for the front wheels.
Now all the sizes match.
I will let you know how it goes on fuel and other things.
Neil
For economy I think either the 365/70 or 265/75 R16's are the go. They are a good compromise of width and height. Any higher and or wider and you fuel usage will increase. If you had 7 inch rims (one piece) you could try the 235/85 R16 without the tubes which would have lower resistance on the road. You could also run them at around 40 psi and use plug kits. It's probably not worth buying another set of rims to go to a skinnier tyre though as you will probably not make up the difference in fuel savings.
Just food for thought, You could just stick with a set of H/T tyres in the exact size as the manufacturer put on them. After all they did spend a lot of time testing to get the best outcome for their vehicles which include fuel economy. you should have tyre size in the owners manual or a reputable tyre dealer should know. Fuel econo,y depends on so many factors and tyres are just one of them