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This is a discussion on Snow Tire recommendations within the Gen III 2010 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting forums, part of the Gen III (2010+) Toyota Prius Forums category; Originally Posted by RodJo According to the calculators I used, a 215/45R17 tire has a circumference of 77.340, whereas the ...


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Old 10-29-2009, 03:05 PM   #61
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According to the calculators I used, a 215/45R17 tire has a circumference of 77.340, whereas the 195/65R15 is 78.477 and the 185/65R15 is 76.872. So the errors would be 1.45% and 0.61%, respectively..
Would the calibrate for tire change function in the "Navi" screen ( I think) compensate for the wheel and tire size change?

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Would the calibrate for tire change function in the "Navi" screen ( I think) compensate for the wheel and tire size change?
Doesn't that just affect the dead-reckoning function of the Navi? I don't think it would do anything to the speedometer or odometer, which shouldn't be impossible for a user to fiddle with.
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