• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Yes. I own both summer and snow tires.

    I am fully aware that passenger cars can and do use season-appropriate tires.

    I am saying that sanding your tires down to be bald is a great way to shorten your lifespan. Normal consumer-grade non-track-use tires are categorically always supposed to have tread. If they don’t, you need new tires.

    • Ape550@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I don’t think anyone was saying bald or sanded down tires would be good. If the tires were supposed to be groved but no longer are, those tires are WAY beyond their expected life and need to be changed. The rubber compounds are different than actual slicks and bald tires will never provide adequate traction even with the increased contact patch. Slick tires are completely different.