spare tires - would they fit?

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spare tires - would they fit?

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Tires are running almost bare at the moment.

But my sisters are in the garage..

Current are 175 65 R13

Hers are 165 60 R13


Would they fit?

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They are both 13s so physically they will fit, but your rolling radius will be altered so the speedo will be miles out.
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As in, traveling at 70 ill be doing 80 or 60?
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oh no, the change would not be that significant from a tire being 65 to one that is 60!!
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So there would be hardly any change?

It would only be temporarily any way. Just need them on, and then get my tracking sorted.


If i were to upgrade to alloys in the future, would the tracking have to be done then as well?
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At 70, the speedo will show around 78mph
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so in effect be doing 10mph less then what the speedo says.

How much are spares these days?
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