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Originally Posted by Doodlebug
Just something to consider when buying used winter tires off kijiji. Seen a lot of folks selling winter tires quoting 50-65% tread left, and wanting roughly 50%-65% of what the tires would cost new. I have read that a lot of winter tires are basically useless in winter with 50% or less tread remaining. Might get a season out of them, in which case 20% of original cost would be closer to fair value.
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Plus people are full of #### and/or don't know how to gauge tread depth. They'll say 80% when really it's closer to 60.
There's deals to be had but try and avoid anything that they've used for more than two seasons.
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Yup, the average person has no idea how to gauge tread depth. The amount of tires I saw pictures of that were "60-80% life left" were more likely 30-50%. When you've got a starting depth of 13/32 and it's bald at 2/32 that means you've got 11 to work with. So when there's 6/32 left, that's 4 of a possible 11 which is 36%. Although the average person selling these on kijiji are claiming 60%.
I actually went to a tire shop where the guy was claiming 70% left. I measured and at best the middle grove had 50% left and the tires were 6.5 years old. Manufactured in 2009. In a tire shop... Amazing.