3mm Tread on Rear Tire and Nail in It - Repair or Replace?

pennypincher3562

Hi

I've got a rear tire on my Vectra, that has a nail in it, and according to the garage has 3mm tread left (will verify myself later.) The nail is located in the part of the tire that makes contact with the road i.e. not the sidewall.

The car literally does only 1000 miles per year, so I'd imagine tire wear is very slow.

Considering the mileage of the car, could I get away with repairing the tire? The garage suggested replacement due to the 3mm tread.

Thanks in advance.

building_with_lego

I'd replace. Someone on here posted graphs a while back, showing the increase in stopping distance against the depth of tyre tread, and it goes up quickly once you get around 3mm.

GabbaGabbaHey

I replace all my tyres at around 3mm - even if they don't have a nail in them!

rich13348

pennypincher3562 wrote: »

Hi

I've got a rear tire on my Vectra, that has a nail in it, and according to the garage has 3mm tread left (will verify myself later.) The nail is located in the part of the tire that makes contact with the road i.e. not the sidewall.

The car literally does only 1000 miles per year, so I'd imagine tire wear is very slow.

Considering the mileage of the car, could I get away with repairing the tire? The garage suggested replacement due to the 3mm tread.

Thanks in advance.

This showed what tyres with 1.8mm left will do.....or not do.
Scary.
Fifth Gear - The importance of tyre tread depth

s_b

if you can get it repaired for a £10 then get another year out of it at only 1000 miles a year mileage

MacMickster

If you only drive 1000 miles per year yet only have 3mm tread then that suggests that the tyre itself is now far too old to be in use on a car. Rubber degrades over time.

The performance of an old tyre is even worse than suggested by the graphs and links above, and they could fail catastrophically.

Ectophile

That graph's from the ROSPA web site. What their report http://www.rospa.com/rospaweb/docs/advice-services/road-safety/vehicles/tyre-tread-depth.pdf doesn't say is how wet the surface was. From the picture, it was simulated heavy rain.

In the dry, "slick" tyres will actually stop slightly quicker.

Paradigm

At 1000 miles per year I'd junk it, then get a part worn with 4-5mm fitted for £20-25....

davethetaller

Paradigm wrote: »

At 1000 miles per year I'd junk it, then get a part worn with 4-5mm fitted for £20-25....

Where do these 4-5mm tyres come from?

If I had a puncture at that stage of a tyres wear, it would be repaired.

rich13348

Ectophile wrote: »

That graph's from the ROSPA web site. What their report http://www.rospa.com/rospaweb/docs/advice-services/road-safety/vehicles/tyre-tread-depth.pdf doesn't say is how wet the surface was. From the picture, it was simulated heavy rain.

In the dry, "slick" tyres will actually stop slightly quicker.

Yes but we live in the UK a temperate climate so nice and wet for a vast majority of the time, so maybe not advocating slicks would be a better idea.

arcon5

Another vote to repair and ugnire the scare mongering