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re: Buying recapped tires.. trashy or smart? UPDATE: added pics from today
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:13 am to Panny Crickets
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:13 am to Panny Crickets
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fascinated with how cheap you are.
You have a gift.
I try to share that with the OT but I'm stepping on sacred cows and they don't want to hear stuff that challenges their long held beliefs
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:15 am to Jimbeaux
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400 Billion (with a B!) gallons of oil! ....saved (how does it save oil? just from the reduced production of new tires?) ... annually! .... in North America (not even worldwide) !
you don't know how tires are made do you?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:16 am to CAD703X
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Every state has stringent weigh stations.. That allowing the wholesale use of unsafe tires would be OK.
You are surely capable of figuring out that a blowout on a vehicle with 18 tires is not remotely comparable to a blowout on a vehicle with 4 tires, aren't you?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:17 am to CAD703X
I did when I was poor, and in college. They saved me a good bit of money. I never did trust them to go on a long trip though. lol
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:17 am to LNCHBOX
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Retreaded tires in all applications, from passenger cars to heavy construction equipment, have consistently demonstrated the same reliability in operation as new tires. Many trucking fleets plan their new tire purchases with the intention of having their worn casings retreaded two or more times as a routine part of their tire budgets. Today, in North America, there are as many retreaded tires in operation as there are original tread life tires.
But...but the OT is smarter than those biased studies
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:17 am to CAD703X
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Lots of knee jerk comments but I haven't seen a comment yet from someone with firsthand experience.
Dead men tell no tales.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:19 am to 7thWardTiger
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neither trashy nor smart. its just plain stupid
most 18 wheeler tires are retreaded. they say retreaded tires are safer than new tires because of the extra adhesive they use. Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:20 am to CAD703X
Does that quote have anything to do with what I asked you?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:22 am to LNCHBOX
Should I have used the word "educated" responses only in my op?
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 9:23 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:23 am to CarRamrod
Judging from the responses on here the myth they are more dangerous is alive and well.
Eta bet these guys also believe in changing oil religiously every 3k miles and diamonds are worth 2 months of their salary.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 9:26 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:25 am to CAD703X
Should you deflect some more and not answer the question?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:25 am to CAD703X
You left out hazardous to life and limb.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:26 am to CAD703X
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so retreads are the reason rigs carrying tons and tons of freight experience blowouts?
More often than not they are not just blowouts. They're just retreads stripping off when you see the long strips.
Yes blowouts still occur, and that's what you see when there are a bunch of shredded pieces.
FYI, I purchased my last set of tires on my car from Amazon... they're great!
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:26 am to LNCHBOX
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Should you deflect some more and not answer the question?
restate the questionPosted on 1/28/16 at 9:27 am to CAD703X
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Eta bet these guys also believe in changing oil religiously every 3k miles and diamonds are worth 2 months of their salary.
You're trying really hard to be the smartest man in the room.Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:27 am to meeple
quote:u got me guud
purchased my last set of tires on my car from Amazo
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:27 am to CAD703X
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restate the question
It's right up there, reread it if you can't remember it.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:28 am to LNCHBOX
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You're trying really hard to kill some sacred cows.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:30 am to CAD703X
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Judging from the responses on here the myth they are more dangerous is alive and well.
Great, you got us man. Sounds like you already had your mind made up before you started this thread. Why ask for thoughts if you are going to act like a twat?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:31 am to CAD703X
I don't think you know what a sacred cow is. I don't think I've ever seen the OT actively attack the retread tire industry to protect big tire.
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