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Originally posted by CJ3Flyr
FWIW- 265/70/17 won't mess anything up in terms of calibration enough to worry about. In fact it's so little most don't even worry about it... The speedo may indicate 2-3mph low at 60mph but that's it...
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That's exactly the kind of error I don't wish to introduce. It's already 1.5 MPH slow @ 60 MPH; a true measured 60 reads roughly 61.5 MPH
We have several measured miles on the local freeway system here, so it's easy to precisely measure speedo error. This 4 Runner has one of the most accurate speedo's I've ever had. My old Tacoma, for example, was a full 10% off; true 60 MPH read as 66. The odd thing was that the odometer was accurate.
Offroading isn't a concern for me; so oversize tires aren't a requirement. I just want a little more ground clearance for handling deep snow, and I want those tires.. lol.. I had them on my Tacoma, and they were excellent in the snow.
Although I would love to be able to get into offroading, the type of terrain I would like, such as sand, mud, fire roads and such simply isn't available (legally) here in The People's Republic of NY. Hell, they've got a good chance of legislating snowmobile & ATV trails out of existence.
Yes, I know, there's an OR park in PA, and there's a place in Syracuse that focuses on rock crawling, but that doesn't appeal to me at all.
Heck, there used to be a NY State chapter of TTORA (Tacoma Territory Off Roaders Association), but it collapsed about 6 years back.