Bought some tyres: no idea what car they fit! Anyone know?
Bought some tyres: no idea what car they fit! Anyone know?
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LotusOmega375D

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9,356 posts

182 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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A few years ago I bought a job lot of spare parts for my Renault 5 Turbo 2. Unfortunately this included 2 slightly used metric-sized tyres that I didn't actually want. My car is long gone, but the tyres are still hanging about in the roof of my garage.

Does anyone know what car they would have been fitted on? They are:

Michelin TRX 200/60 HR 365

This is not an R5 Turbo 1/2 size.

crofty1984

17,064 posts

233 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Aren't they Matric size???
Certain older BMW 5 series, provided the owners haven't changed the wheels to a more sensible size.

RicksAlfas

14,527 posts

273 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Old 5 series I would imagine.

HustleRussell

26,516 posts

189 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Not 5-series as far as I know. Google brings up a lot of 1980's Alfa Romeo results, particularly Alfetta

Edited by HustleRussell on Wednesday 31st October 13:12

lestershaw

1,591 posts

187 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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are you just trying to find out which car they fit, or are you going to sell them on? if they are 6 years old or older they will probably not be roadworthy anyway
Lest

mat205125

17,790 posts

242 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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I remember a friend of mine had an old five series with metric tyres around that size.

Maybe worth brushing up on your German and advertising them on eBay.de .... It's sometimes odd ball stuff like this that fetchs a fortune .... sometimes.

g3org3y

22,467 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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E24 6 Series and E34 5 Series both were available on metric tyres iirc.

louismchuge

1,644 posts

213 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Jag XJ40 came with metric

RicksAlfas

14,527 posts

273 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Citroen CX peut être?

nbetts

1,455 posts

258 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Some Alfa's, Austin Montego's and old 5-series were equipped with these Metric Sized (mm) tyres.

HustleRussell

26,516 posts

189 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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BMW 5 or 6 series are 390mm wheels. I'm rolling on these at the moment.

LotusOmega375D

Original Poster:

9,356 posts

182 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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lestershaw said:
are you just trying to find out which car they fit, or are you going to sell them on? if they are 6 years old or older they will probably not be roadworthy anyway
Lest
It was mostly just out of curiosity. I'm not expecting to sell them, but someone's welcome to pick them up for free (East Northants), if they have any use for them. Maybe as emergency spares?

RicksAlfas

14,527 posts

273 months

Wednesday 31st October 2012
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A concourse originality beard may well want them.
Stick them on Ebay and see what happens!