Jim:

I felt the same thing when I purchased my 240D awhile back. There were either 175's or 185 75R14's on it. Seemed skinny and didn't hold the road as well.
Tonight I put the 195 75R14's on the 300 and went for a test drive. Ran about 40 miles and up pretty high. I thought they did very well.
I'm with you on the skinnier ones.

Psfred:

Wow, never thought of the impact of radials and different measuring standards.

Thanks for the input.

Don

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