Originally Posted By: CARJ
I'm picking up a 97 Honda Civic HX from a friend of mine in UT. It's a 1500 mile drive back home to Kansas from there. The car currently has (3) 185-60-15 General RT43's and an unknown 195-60-15 tire. I don't like the idea of driving home with an odd-ball size tire. He says the current RT43's have "20k miles left on them". So, do I buy 4 new tires or should I just get one new RT43 or maybe a pair of new tires?
The 1997 Honda Civic HX was originally sold with P185/65R14 tires (
1997 Honda Civic Specs ).
At some time during this car's life, the original wheels and tires were replaced with what's on it now. We have no idea whether the replacement wheels are Honda OEM or aftermarket. We have no idea about the real age or condition of the currently installed tires.
Some later model year Civics were originally equipped with P185/65R15 86H tires.
If it were me, I'd visually inspect all 5 tires, including the spare, and then decide what to do. Most probably, this would be to replace all 5 currently installed tires with new P185/65R15 86H tires - assuming the wheels are serviceable. This would probably cost about $70-$80 per tire.
In any event, I would not decide on a definite plan until I visually inspected the vehicle myself.
HTH