Is it safe to buy 80-90% tread used tires for a 2001 Civic DX-G?
07-23-2005, 04:18 PM
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Re: Is it safe to buy 80-90% tread used tires for a 2001 Civic DX-G?
MegaC wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to buy 4 all-season tires and I thought to save some $$, I could
> look into buying some good used tires that have about 80-90% tread
> still on them. I called around and the savings are about $100 instead
> of buying new. My question is, it this a good idea? Is it safe to buy
> used tires?
Clearly there are lots of different opinions here.
The one strong warning I will offer is:
Always get tires without tubes in them.
It is fairly rare to have a true "blow out" with a
tubeless tire. If there is damage the tire tends to
leak and go flat slowly. Think minutes to days.
Tires with a tube can have a major defect and the
tube can still hold air. If the defect gets big
enough the tube can push out and if it ruptures
the tire will lose air quite suddenly. Think just
a few seconds. At freeway speeds this is very
dangereous.
> Hi all,
>
> I need to buy 4 all-season tires and I thought to save some $$, I could
> look into buying some good used tires that have about 80-90% tread
> still on them. I called around and the savings are about $100 instead
> of buying new. My question is, it this a good idea? Is it safe to buy
> used tires?
Clearly there are lots of different opinions here.
The one strong warning I will offer is:
Always get tires without tubes in them.
It is fairly rare to have a true "blow out" with a
tubeless tire. If there is damage the tire tends to
leak and go flat slowly. Think minutes to days.
Tires with a tube can have a major defect and the
tube can still hold air. If the defect gets big
enough the tube can push out and if it ruptures
the tire will lose air quite suddenly. Think just
a few seconds. At freeway speeds this is very
dangereous.
07-23-2005, 04:18 PM
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Re: Is it safe to buy 80-90% tread used tires for a 2001 Civic DX-G?
MegaC wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to buy 4 all-season tires and I thought to save some $$, I could
> look into buying some good used tires that have about 80-90% tread
> still on them. I called around and the savings are about $100 instead
> of buying new. My question is, it this a good idea? Is it safe to buy
> used tires?
Clearly there are lots of different opinions here.
The one strong warning I will offer is:
Always get tires without tubes in them.
It is fairly rare to have a true "blow out" with a
tubeless tire. If there is damage the tire tends to
leak and go flat slowly. Think minutes to days.
Tires with a tube can have a major defect and the
tube can still hold air. If the defect gets big
enough the tube can push out and if it ruptures
the tire will lose air quite suddenly. Think just
a few seconds. At freeway speeds this is very
dangereous.
> Hi all,
>
> I need to buy 4 all-season tires and I thought to save some $$, I could
> look into buying some good used tires that have about 80-90% tread
> still on them. I called around and the savings are about $100 instead
> of buying new. My question is, it this a good idea? Is it safe to buy
> used tires?
Clearly there are lots of different opinions here.
The one strong warning I will offer is:
Always get tires without tubes in them.
It is fairly rare to have a true "blow out" with a
tubeless tire. If there is damage the tire tends to
leak and go flat slowly. Think minutes to days.
Tires with a tube can have a major defect and the
tube can still hold air. If the defect gets big
enough the tube can push out and if it ruptures
the tire will lose air quite suddenly. Think just
a few seconds. At freeway speeds this is very
dangereous.
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