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
