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20-02-09, 10:56 PM
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Before tread depth indicators were "invented".
...how did you know "it was time"?
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20-02-09, 11:58 PM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented"....
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21-02-09, 12:13 AM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented"....
what's a tread depth indicator
 i alway's use the same as above 
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21-02-09, 12:44 AM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented"....
If you can see the canvas, you've got about a thousand miles left in 'em.
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21-02-09, 02:54 PM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented"....
Rather than having a tyre maker tell you there was one millimetre left, you looked for yourself.
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21-02-09, 03:45 PM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented"....
Penny?
Something about seeing the Queen's head = replacement time (1mm is the distance from the edge of the coin to the crown) or something along those lines. |
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21-02-09, 07:17 PM
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Re: Before tread depth indicators were "invented".
JUst wondered - i'm down to the indicator now anyway.
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