Bugger, torn tyre, Q for u all

[DAVE_RSi]

bugger, got to work, locked car, then looked down and thought EH whats going on here

tyre appears to be slightly torn, it was fairly worn anyway but still legal so I was thinking of changing it for xmas, so now I have to

anyway,

I'm on 17" alloys with 205/40 R17 tyres all round

basically, my rear left tyre rubs on my arch lip, a tiny bit with 2 ppl in the back over bumps, so would i get away with fitting 195/40 R17 to this one tyre, the change is small but would that still fit on the alloy ok as its used to 205/40s, car is a 306 gti6 btw not a clio


as for the tyre, i set out and it was fine, i think I know where its torn though, you know the road surfacing thats quite rough and takes rubber off your tyres if you slow or turn to much on it, well theres a fast corner just before work with that road surface, so I'm guessing with the weight on that tyre, it tore it to pieces :-(

anyway, can anyone answer my question

 

[DAVE_RSi]

anyone

can i not have

205/40 195/40

205/40 205/40

would that small difference bugger up handling/grip etc

 

[DAVE_RSi]

doh, just found out its illegal to do that

 

[Djw John]

but you could put both tyres to the same size on the axle. I think that sizze would be quite expensive though.

 

[DAVE_RSi]

yea only seems to be premium tyres that do it

so i'm just getting a 205/40 after work

stupid british crap roads ripping my tyre apart :-(, ohwell nice new tyre for xmas and that tyre was more worn than the rest anyway so at least its that one thats gone