Best tire size for 240

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Patrick

Planning on buying winter tires for my 92 240. I will buy steel rims
at Costco (dealer told me to ask for rims for a 740 as it fits on a
240).

What is the best tire size for winter usage only. Is it wider better
than taller or vice versa.

TIA
 
Patrick said:
Planning on buying winter tires for my 92 240. I will buy steel rims
at Costco (dealer told me to ask for rims for a 740 as it fits on a
240).

What is the best tire size for winter usage only. Is it wider better
than taller or vice versa.

TIA
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Narrower is better for snow,..... a wide tire sits on top instead of
digging in. Just purchase the size as recommended in your owners manuel
"only" snow tires instead of regular.
Herman, '83 282 formerly 242 Turbo intercooled.
 
Herman said:
Narrower is better for snow,..... a wide tire sits on top instead of
digging in. Just purchase the size as recommended in your owners manuel
"only" snow tires instead of regular.
Herman, '83 282 formerly 242 Turbo intercooled.
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282? How does that go? [245, ex 142S x 2, 145 x 3, 144S x 2, 164 x 2,
244 etc]
 
They list 2-3 sizes in the manual. Always go with the tallest one as
the others will cause your speedometer to be fast. At least on a 240
it's true.
 
Hi Joseph,

Wouldn't it be better for the speedo to be fast than sorry?? :-)

Andy I.
 
Narrower is better for snow,..... a wide tire sits on top instead of
digging in. Just purchase the size as recommended in your owners manuel
"only" snow tires instead of regular.
Herman, '83 282 formerly 242 Turbo intercooled.
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282? How does that go? [245, ex 142S x 2, 145 x 3, 144S x 2, 164 x 2,
244 etc]
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He transplanted a smallblock V8 into the car. Not my style, but cool none
the less.
 
Go narrower and taller. We got snow tires and rims thru a massive "tent"
sale at our Volvo dealer. We normally would use 195 65 R15's on our 960, but
from snow tires it was 185 70 R15. They speced the tires for the car, so
they must be right (going under the assumption I can actually trust the
dealer... which I think I can, they haven't BS'ed us in the past)
 
brackenburn said:
Hi Joseph,

Wouldn't it be better for the speedo to be fast than sorry?? :-)
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I got the factory recommended tires and the speedometer was 6-8mph
fast at 65mph, or about 10% off.
 
Joseph, I meant you're less likely to get a speeding ticket if the
speedometer is fast....................

Andy I.
 
Bob, fascinating! Your 960 has the same size of tires than my 240.
The previous owner told me he bought mags from a 940 Turbo cause he
didn't like the 14" rim that came with the 240.

I guess I'll be looking for 185/70R15 winter tires. Thanks for the
info!
 
No problem, its Rob by the way ;-).

If you are interested we are using Gislaved Nord Frost snow tires, I beleive
they are on Nord Frost 2 right now. We don't put much more then 3000-4000kms
or so in the winter season with this car so we have had them around 7 years
and they have plenty of life left, easily this season and another, they
haven't even started to decompose and start cracking yet, so we are happy.
They give us good traction, but having a 201hp rear wheel drive drivetrain
does not help the tires out much. Tho braking is good with the snows on, the
car doesn't seem to have the tendancy to just slide thru intersections with
the ABS system fully active, as it does with the summer tires on (all
season... yeah right, not in Canada).
 
Sorry for the name calling...!!! ;-)

I'll see how much they go for at the dealer. Really too bad the
dealer doesn't sell Volvo rims for RWD like the 240.
 
They did, back in the day.... I guess not anymore. Our whole set including
rims, tires, balancing, valve stems, and wheel swap was around $650
Canadian, regular price would have been something around $900 if there was
not a sale on.
 
Patrick said:
Sorry for the name calling...!!! ;-)

I'll see how much they go for at the dealer. Really too bad the
dealer doesn't sell Volvo rims for RWD like the 240.
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As far as I know they do, just not the cheap steel rims that you can find
anywhere else, they're even plentiful at junkyards. You can still buy alloys
for the RWD cars from Volvo, but they're ridiculously expensive, something
like $450 each.
 
Planning on buying winter tires for my 92 240. I will buy steel rims
at Costco (dealer told me to ask for rims for a 740 as it fits on a
240).
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Sedan or wagon?

See the owner's manual. Sedan is probably 185/70R14, which is a common
size. Wagon is probably 185R14, which is now rare. If you cannot find
it, 195/75R14 is the closest alternate size with good selection and
availability.
 
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