guy says these tires have at least 70% of tread life on them left and can last a couple more thousand miles... i beg to differ but what do you think?

 

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I think you should measure the depth of the tread, and you can calculate it yourself.

The tires pictured (Falken Azenis RT-215) come from the factory with 8/32" of tread when new. Tires should not be used on the street when they reach a tread depth of 2/32", which is when the treadwear indicator bars are flat across. (Those are the strips across the width of the tread where the tread depth is shallower; when the tread reaches 2/32" deep, they appear flat across.)

So you can interpolate between those two figures to calculate the percent of tread remaining, based on the depth of the tread. In other words:

8/32" = 100 percent
7/32" = 83 percent
6/32" = 67 percent
5/32" = 50 percent
4/32" = 33 percent
3/32" = 17 percent
2/32" = 0 percent

(They can still be used beyond 2/32" for the track or autocross, but I assume that's not what you're asking about.)

 

i'd kill them in a month.

 

i was asking because of the shoulder wear on those...

 

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bad aligenment

 

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...or, hard driving.

Keep using 'em.

 

the second one looks pretty bad if you have camber those will be gone soon

 

yea i had bad camber wear on my old tires... these are some guys that is selling them and he is claiming that there is at least 70% tread life left in them.

 

They'd last if you have a CX motor in your Civic. (JOKE)

 

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If they've got 6/32" tread depth across most of the width of the tread, I would consider that a legitimate claim. That's where you measure tread depth and tread life, not at the shoulder.

It's also very difficult to tell from a photo exactly how deep the tread is...

 

couple more thousands easy and depending how you drive

 

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not even..those are like 11000 mile tires? arent they?