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Old 05-01-2008, 08:07 PM
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What criteria do you guys use when determining when it's time to get new tires?
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When it is down to 4/32nd or tire noise unendurable
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4/32 based on visual inspection using a quarter
sometimes a little before like now because we
are going into summer and there is lots of rain
I might buy new tires a bit before 4/32 but never down to 2/32 or uneven wear
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Default lately it's been whenever one or two of them are damaged beyond repair.

I can't even think of the last set of tires that I actually wore down all the way.
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I usually wait till I see metal
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