My New Tires

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I won 4 used 205/50/15s off Ebay. Then the seller emailed me to tell me he made a mistake and does not have the tires. He then offered to send me 4 new 195/50/15s for the same price ($120 shipped). They're Matador Aquillas (see http://www.matador.sk/eng/pneu_letne2.html). They're a performance tire (probably the only one) manufactured in the Slovakia Republic - LOL! They came in today. Here they are:

http://www.riverhillscc.com/lighthouse/New_Tires_01.jpg

http://www.riverhillscc.com/lighthouse/New_Tires_02.jpg

I think the tread design looks cool. And they're V speed rated. I'm gonna get them mounted/balanced on my Civic 15" steels (also won on Ebay) tonight at Costco. I know they're bit short, so I'm gonna have to figure out how to adjust my speedometer accordingly.

[pearldrop]

How the hell did you get 4 tires shipped for $120? Shipping is like $50 of that. I need to check ebay for tires sometime. I need two tires for my 20's already and they are about $280 each.
Don't worry about your speedometer. It will be close enough. It should only be off about 1.5 mph at 60 mph. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[DBMaster]

Slovak tires with a Spanish name! That just seems funny for some reason. That combined with the V rating tells me they probably won't last long. Do they at least say that they are DOT approved on the sidewall?

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Pearldrop, that's cool about the speedo. Thanks for the info.

I got them cheap cuz the tires I won were used, so the $120 was for the used tires and shipping. Seller made a mistake, though, and the set I won didn't match. So he took the fall and sent me the new tires for the same amount of $. He has a pretty big rep on Ebay and I don't think he wanted to risk negative feedback. He was cool to make things right like he did.

DBMaster, on the sidewall it's written: DOT J3FU, whatever that means.

[Grant2k]

seriousauto.com has a speedometer calculator too. and good rota wheel prices.