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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not proud to admit it, but that is pretty close to how my tires were last week. I finally swapped them out, but even with my employee discount i was looking at almost $700 for a set of four. Tires are expensive, and you often dont realize how bad they have gotten until it is too late. Even finding used tires is difficult these days.

That being said, going from exposed wires to fresh tires is amazing. I got in my car and immediately noticed i was sitting 3 inches higher, and it's wonderful driving a car that actually grips the road instead of just sitting on top of them.

[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

700$!? Where are you located that tires are this expensive? Here in Austria they are between 40€-80€ per 1 tire.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A new set of 4 tires plus alignment for my compact crossover is about $900-930 in the US.

[–] Doombot1@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I paid $700 2 years ago for tires for my SUV. SUV tires are a bit more expensive - but they’re still not cheap for sedans. I’m in the USA.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Lol. Why pay extra for an SUV? It's like throwing money away. You can easily get sedan tires under $100.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Drive a little more and you'll have METAL tires which are the BEST!

[–] TheUnicornsForever@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For all those wandering if these are slick (racing) tires, it doesn't look like it. You can clearly see the grooves worn out (bottom left) and the threads through the rubber on the left, indicating extremely worn out tires. I'm curious though as to how anyone would get their tires in this shape before a safety inspection would have made it mandatory to change them.

[–] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Many states (and presumably many countries) done have safety inspections. In the Midwest there are tons of old vehicles that would never pass an inspection out on the road

[–] Skua@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're slicks, just like race cars use! That must mean they're super grippy, right?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, until it rains.