re: California regulators approve new rules limiting what replacement tires you can buy

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New cars come with generally efficient tires, but consumers typically replace those with higher rolling resistance tires.

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More and more people are immediately replacing those tires after a new car purchase because the performance and safety of these tires are questionable at best.

The less rolling resistance, the less grip on the road. I drove through Southern California when they had that crazy snow storm the day before Thanksgiving. Four hour drive took 12 hours having to drive around 1000's of cars that slid off the highways. Now, California wants to severely limit the tires that can be bought.
I'm going to bet there is a "recommended brand" that makes somebody super rich in their state.

These guys are freaking nuts. You voted for these leaders, California. Enjoy the lunacy!!!

Probably going for oversized truck tires..

What are the manchildren with itty bitty peens gonna do?

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Competition tires designed for motorsports
Winter-type snow tires
All-season winter performance tires
Used and retreaded tires
Deep tread tires
Tires designed for ATVs and other off-road vehicles
Large off-road tires for use up to 99 mph
Motorcycle tires
Temporary-use spare tires
Small tires with =13-inch nominal rim diameter
Limited production tires (<15,000 per year)
Tires sold for use on an emergency vehicle
High load index tires (122 or greater)
Tires not capable of sustaining speeds over 50 mph
Space saver tires

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That's a shitload of exceptions. So you can still get mud tires? And all-terrain tires?

I don't understand what they're blocking here, but I'm not going to get too worked up over anything California does, they're so far gone down the crazy train track it's hard to even care anymore

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So normal road tires have to be LRR. I have these Michelin Cross Climates on all my vehicles. Google says they aren't LRR, far from it, but they are excellent damn tires. California is batshit. Maybe they're all weather winter performance tires? Who defines this shite?

California doing California things

So Cali has the highest gas taxes and regulations that make their gas highest in Nation. Something they caused.

Now they will use that inflated gas cost to regulate tires which will drive up the cost of replacement by as much as $300 for a full set.

Thats how you grift folks. Create the problem so you can create a fake solution. They get you coming and going

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The only UHP street tire you can get 

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Looks like you can get summer uhp tires. Now I have no problem with the 15k street miles these deliver because of car things. But, some of them can be a little sketchy in a downpour, they don't like temps under 40f or so.

I bet this is aimed at folks putting "regular tires" vs lrr tires back on their Prius and Tesla's when they wear out. Tesla folks destroy some tires. Heavy car and shitty roads and low profile tires equals flats.

And just wait for insurance companies to raise rates in cali since the LRR tires by design have less traction and thus less handling, less braking capacity, and less all weather gripping.

Will mean more accidents.