Q: Tire size

asked by on July 13, 2016

So my car is the LT model and on the Goodyear website is had two different sizes for tires. 195 and 205 . I have the 195s on there now but I need new tires and we have the 205s in my garage would that work to put on my car?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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