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TYRE SIZE MYSTERY

Your tyre tests are much appreciated. However, after ordering Michelin Pilot Sport 4 replacements of my now dangerous (in the wet) Dunlop SP Sport LM 704s with very legal tread cover, I was horrified, as was the tyre dealer who previously fit the Dunlops, when the Michelins did not fit.

The ‘same’ size Michelin seemed to have a larger contact patch area or ‘footprint’. The dealer, oblivious to the possible

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