I know that a lot of people will save money wherever possible and that tyres are usually a distress purchase. Let's face it most people leave it till their tyres are already illegal and dangerous before changing them, but part worn tyres NO just NO.......
I think Part worns should be renamed "Part Safe". Your tyres are the only point of contact with the road and it is so important that you have safe, legal tyres, with plenty of tread and that are in good condition. If your tyres fail you the outcome could be fatal and so many road traffic accidents are due to illegal and unsafe tyres.
When you buy a part worn tyre yes it might be cheap but.....
a) You don't know the history of that tyre, someone could have had an accident, hit a curb, there could be damage you don't know about!
b) Yes that tyre has only cost you £20 but it's only got 2mm of usable tread left on it, that's actually not good value and it would better value to buy a brand new budget tyre.
New tyres are sold with approximately 8mm of tread, and usually part worns can have as little as 2mm of tread remaining. The legal minimum tread depth in the Uk is 1.6mm so the cost per mm on a part worn tyre is much more than it would be a brand new one.
So next time the thought of a part worn tyre pops into your head, ignore it Call Elite Garages www.elitegarages.co.uk or your local tyre retailer and ask for a price of a budget tyre, you may be surprised at how much better value it would be to buy new.
So don't buy part safe tyres by full safe, full tread tyres
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