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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I ordered the smaller size to match what is currently on the car... and five minutes later a sales rep called me to make sure I really, really wanted to order tires that were so completely not to the manufacturer's specifications.
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Manufacturers (the engineers) would define what size tire the vehicle needed. Then the manufacturer would sell the car with a tire size smaller. Undersized tires would wear much faster. Then you bought properly sized tires. I thought these cost control games had terminated decades ago.