The Tire Tread Test | Consumer Reports
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2018
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Gotta love all of those people running bald tires in the middle of winter but think they’re ok because they have AWD. 🤣
Is there any reason why not to explain tread wear indicator and how to locate them?
Keep in mind that, on average, your emergency stopping distance doubles going from 4/32 to 2/32 of tread. 2/32 is the legal minimum, but 4/32 is the safe minimum.
In the inner city if it holds air it's good!
I have 44 X18.5 16.5
Super Swamper TSL tires on my truck. When I put the quarter in the tread, it disappears.
Hi I was wondering when the Ultra High Performance Summer Tire Ratings will be coming out this year? Not asking for a guarantee because I know testing has unforeseen circumstances, just a best guess for approximately what month or season even. Thanks!
Jen, you rock lady...
Or just buy a tread depth gauge for $4 and have the full range.
Can you do the same test with Canadian money, for your Canadian viewers and readers? Since we don't have the penny anymore, it can be a quarter and and dime.
2/32 of a inch, why nor use 1/16 inch or why not use 1.6mm
Or the penny is 1/16th of an inch and the quarter is 1/8th of an inch.
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i can't be the only one wondering if both if the people fail at math?
New tires' treads aren't all that deep to begin with so, understandably, consumers can only use about 50% to 60% of the tire tread before having to replace them.
Don't you mean 1/16th?
What should Canadians do?
Which coins will do the trick for us?
Instead of using a penny, why not use a depth gauge you can buy for $2 or less at any auto parts store? Durr!!
In metric please
Why say 4/32 inch? LMFAO as if 1/8 wasn't complicated enough?
2/32 of a inch? just say 1/16th...
Tire tread is almost universally measured in units of 32nds of an inch. If you go to a car shop and they give you back an evaluation form showing the current maintenance needs of your car, they'll write tire tread in 32nds of an inch. Rather than have a scale that goes "1/32, 1/16, 3/32, 1/8, 5/32, 3/16..." They just keep the denominator the same. We're not doing math here: we're giving consumers the easiest possible way to know how long they have until they need new tires.