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Old Oct 13th, 2018, 11:54   #65
Laird Scooby
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Originally Posted by tofufi View Post
Even the difference between those tyre sizes is only 5% on the rolling circumference... a change from 55mph would theoretically now only show 57.75mph, not even close to 64mph!

Methinks there's something odd with your speedometer to be getting those readings
I put the extra difference down to the fact the 185/60s had about 2mm of tread left (so were closer to being 185/55) and the 195/65s were new.

Either way, my speedo is over-optimistic!
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