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When do you change your tyres?

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  • tedted
    tedted Posts: 466 Forumite
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    i think they would come with a lot more than 10/32
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    tedted wrote: »
    i think they would come with a lot more than 10/32
    10/32" is 8mm.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    10/32"?

    For the love of gawd... Apart from the sheer perversity of insisting on using dibnah measurements in 2017, why on earth not reduce the fraction to 5/16"?

    5/16" is near as dammit 8mm, btw.
  • neilmcl
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    10/32"?

    For the love of gawd... Apart from the sheer perversity of insisting on using dibnah measurements in 2017, why on earth not reduce the fraction to 5/16"?

    5/16" is near as dammit 8mm, btw.
    10/32 is simply a recognised measure for tyres (or more appropriately tires ;) ) in non-metric countries.
  • thescouselander
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    Sounds like it's less than clear then. If I wait another 2 or 3 thousand miles I'll have had 20,000 miles out of the fronts which seems reasonable so I'll change then.
  • uknick
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    10/32 is simply a recognised measure for tyres (or more appropriately tires ;) ) in non-metric countries.

    To those that commented on the imperial measurement use, yes, I know 10/32" is 8mm, hence my first post stating this. But, I then quoted the 10/32" as I took the measurement direct from a technical specification sheet I found for the tyre. Yes, it was from the USA.

    I made the point as JP1978, and also it seems tedted, are clearly afflicted by the internet forum syndrome of "..if I haven't seen it, it can't be true...".

    Here's a thought guys, things may go on in this world you've not come across.
  • uknick
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    And, to answer the original question, I change at about 3mm, or when I notice the car starting to understeer more than usual.
  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
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    uknick wrote: »
    I made the point as JP1978, and also it seems tedted, are clearly afflicted by the internet forum syndrome of "..if I haven't seen it, it can't be true...".

    Here's a thought guys, things may go on in this world you've not come across.

    I think you'll find JP1978 was giving you a whoosh parrot because ilikewatch's post that you replied to was suggesting that he never gets a chance to wear the treads because they always seem to get damaged as soon as he puts them on.
  • tedted
    tedted Posts: 466 Forumite
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    sorry i got it wrong but i am not a google warrior
  • uknick
    uknick Posts: 1,808 Forumite
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    Joe_Horner wrote: »
    I think you'll find JP1978 was giving you a whoosh parrot because ilikewatch's post that you replied to was suggesting that he never gets a chance to wear the treads because they always seem to get damaged as soon as he puts them on.


    If that is the case, I accept your surrogate apology from JP1978 :grin:
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