I can get it changed on Monday via a major tyre website. Do you think it's ok to use until then or should I try and get it done asap?
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Is this worn (car) tyre legal
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MyLittleStudPony
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Is this worn (car) tyre legal
It's worn on the outer edge. The rest has 2-3mm of tread.
I can get it changed on Monday via a major tyre website. Do you think it's ok to use until then or should I try and get it done asap?
I can get it changed on Monday via a major tyre website. Do you think it's ok to use until then or should I try and get it done asap?
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
The legal side of it is... "Tyre tread depth has to be above 1.6mm to be legal. This must be the case for the middle three quarters of the tyre."... so I'd say you're ok.
I would only change it before Monday if I was doing a long drive and rain was forecast.
I would only change it before Monday if I was doing a long drive and rain was forecast.
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
Tyre tread depth has to be above 1.6mm to be legal. This must be the case for the middle three quarters of the tyre.
From...
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/tyre ... the%20tyre.
From...
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/tyre ... the%20tyre.
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
My instinct was the wear was from ganning it round roundabouts rather than tracking.
Part of me also thinks tracking and wheel alignment is the biggest scam in motoring.
Part of me also thinks tracking and wheel alignment is the biggest scam in motoring.
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
Never mind tyres....you know the drill. 
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
It's definitely not. It makes a big difference to stability in handling and braking and dramatically affects tyre wear. Your tyre looks evenly worn though. I'd put the edge wear down to enthusiasm. The centre wear marks look like you've reached that depth of tread but it doesn't look like you've reached the two either side quite yet which would suggest that it might be (or have been) slightly over inflated.MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:29 pm Part of me also thinks tracking and wheel alignment is the biggest scam in motoring.
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:29 pm
Part of me also thinks tracking and wheel alignment is the biggest scam in motoring.
Is that the same part of you that thinks the world is flat?
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Re: Is this worn (car) tyre legal
dern wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:00 pmIt's definitely not. It makes a big difference to stability in handling and braking and dramatically affects tyre wear. Your tyre looks evenly worn though. I'd put the edge wear down to enthusiasm. The centre wear marks look like you've reached that depth of tread but it doesn't look like you've reached the two either side quite yet which would suggest that it might be (or have been) slightly over inflated.MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:29 pm Part of me also thinks tracking and wheel alignment is the biggest scam in motoring.
That is spot on!
I do keep the pressures on the high side and like to whang it round corners and roundabouts.