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Old 04-18-2011, 12:58 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Since they were never intended to be a serviceable item, I guess it would depend wheel to wheel if they actually had a warning about the wheel itself on them. Taking something that says "Not for highway use" apart, peeling the sticker off it, and then using it on the highway gives me a bad feeling. My point is it would be a case of C.Y.A. if you were going to try it. Where I live, if you get into an accident with only 2 snow tires on your car instead of a full set of 4, you can be found at fault just for that. Yet ironically, if you are driving in the snow with a matched set of just all season tires, you have a better chance of not being to blame. Things like that make me paranoid about trying ideas like this out, even though in actuality you would probably be fine. I drove an old Accord for close to a year with a space saver spare (tire and wheel) on the back and never had a problem, the tread didn't even wear down that bad.
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