A few years ago, I was looking for a used tire for a Civic when I was down in GA. I went to two places and they were all pretty bad. One guy laughed at me when I asked to see what the date of manufacturing on the sidewell. He basically acted like I was being an idiot for checking. I'm glad I did since it was manufactured 6 years ago. I ended up buying a new tire from Sam's club.
So you can imagine my worry when my cousin (who is clueless about cars) told me she took her tire in to fix a leak and they also told her one of her sidewell has a bubble. She bought a used tire. This was in NYC. I told her to meet up with me right away. I checked the tire and was surprised at how good they were! Date of manufacturer was only 1 year ago and the tire had 70-75% treads. This was for a 18 inch tire, a known brand and was only $40 with installation included.
Maybe NY has more stringent laws? Or there are just a oversupply of cars junked with good tires?
So you can imagine my worry when my cousin (who is clueless about cars) told me she took her tire in to fix a leak and they also told her one of her sidewell has a bubble. She bought a used tire. This was in NYC. I told her to meet up with me right away. I checked the tire and was surprised at how good they were! Date of manufacturer was only 1 year ago and the tire had 70-75% treads. This was for a 18 inch tire, a known brand and was only $40 with installation included.
Maybe NY has more stringent laws? Or there are just a oversupply of cars junked with good tires?
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