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Ive thought about this before as well, you would think by now, someone would have created a tire that can last the life of the car, or even a semi-solid one, that doesnt have blow outs or leaks...
Sure they can. It would be steel. The ride would be lousy. Traction would also be lousy.
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But then again, the tire industry relies on people buying tires every so often, so the industry can stay afloat and thrive.
Personally I think its crazy we still have vehicles with tires/ wheels, its 2018! We should have something like Lukes landspeeder in star wars by now (electromagnetic gravity control), although I can certainly understand why they would suppress technology like this too, these kinds of vehicles would not be very profitable for so any industries compared to vehicles today.
Do you really think that kind of technology would be available and somebody's military would not have it?
Ive thought about this before as well, you would think by now, someone would have created a tire that can last the life of the car, or even a semi-solid one, that doesnt have blow outs or leaks...
But then again, the tire industry relies on people buying tires every so often, so the industry can stay afloat and thrive.
Personally I think its crazy we still have vehicles with tires/ wheels, its 2018! We should have something like Lukes landspeeder in star wars by now (electromagnetic gravity control), although I can certainly understand why they would suppress technology like this too, these kinds of vehicles would not be very profitable for so any industries compared to vehicles today.
Well, rubber eventually will degrade over time. So even if you don't drive the car much, it's recommended that you change the tire if it's over 8 years old for a car that you drive regularly.
Safety is paramount with tires, and they do eventually wear down with regular usage, even though today's tires can often last way longer than those in the past.
Consumers want performance...that comes with a price. Tires, brakes, suspension are all designed to achieve this performance. Special rubber compounds and manufacturing techniques add to the cost.
Look at the window sticker on the new Honda Civic hot rod ...has a disclaimer stating that these tires are only good for 10k miles or less. And they aint cheap.
Can't tell you how many cars get traded in simply because they can't afford the new tires it needs.
Had a 2016 BMW X3 in a couple weeks ago that we sent to auction..because it needed 4 new run-flat tires @ $400 apiece. Didn't make financial sense to fix it.
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Had a 2016 BMW X3 in a couple weeks ago that we sent to auction..because it needed 4 new run-flat tires @ $400 apiece. Didn't make financial sense to fix it.
Insanity - a 2016 BMW was dumped because of a normal wear item? I would expect the loss would exceed any tires expense.
That being said, I know of people who have leases they can barely afford on cars they have no business owning. So I guess I can see how this could happen.
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Had a 2016 BMW X3 in a couple weeks ago that we sent to auction..because it needed 4 new run-flat tires @ $400 apiece. Didn't make financial sense to fix it.
A 2016 BMW X3 is not worth $1600? I guess they depreciate a lot faster than I ever realized. Those things must out depreciate even the Mercedes C class.
Like others said some people have no problem spending hundreds of dollars for a pair of shoes, but when it comes to a safety item like tires they complain that they cost to much. Well those couple hundred dollar shoes will come in handy if you half to hoof it when you’re cheap tires blow leaving you stranded.
Interesting that this thread came up again-we had a Mercedes ML330 that we gave to the kids, and we had a look at the tires when they visited the other day. It came to us 7 years and roughly 100k miles ago wearing Hankook ipikes, a winter tire, 3 out of 4 tires are still on the ML and still have just about legal tread left. Buy good tires, keep them inflated, pay the money. Or, buy the cheap lumpy Chinese tires tht aren't quite as round and balanced as a better tire.
Consumers want performance...that comes with a price. Tires, brakes, suspension are all designed to achieve this performance. Special rubber compounds and manufacturing techniques add to the cost.
Look at the window sticker on the new Honda Civic hot rod ...has a disclaimer stating that these tires are only good for 10k miles or less. And they aint cheap.
Can't tell you how many cars get traded in simply because they can't afford the new tires it needs.
Had a 2016 BMW X3 in a couple weeks ago that we sent to auction..because it needed 4 new run-flat tires @ $400 apiece. Didn't make financial sense to fix it.
You know you don't have to put run flats on it right?
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