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blackbob:
been running wider all terain tyres but standard size on the disco for the last six months and swapped them back onto the wife rangie yesterday ready to put it on the road ie mot tomorrow
drove the disco up the bypass up a hill and have only been able to do 60mph top speed
drove the same road today with the normal road tread tyres and managed to do 70mph top speed
question is do i keep the normal tyres and save fuel or keep the chunky tyers for looks
won't be going off road in the rangie as it's not got any dents or scratches on it and i got the other rangie for that

muddyjames:
narrow tyres and get better mpg and money in your pocket.

auf_wiedersehen_pet:
Good question,

I'm swapping from BFG MTs to BFG ATs for this reason when my new set are needed.

kizz81:
i must be weird  :lol:

when i swapped to 31 inch tall tyres in my 90 i could get 80mph ( really didnt feel safe ), then they died so i swapped to some 32inch tyres but half an inch thinner ( so only 10 inch ) and no i can average at abou 65mph, but they work good off-road so might aswell keep em

lambert:
What i'm having difficulty with is why would you want an off road car to go fast, is not tho point to amble about slowly? After all you may break something if you go fast.
 
Or in other words wider is better, knobely is best!

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