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Old 05-14-2013, 08:00 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Fair enough... my point was that a short tread life is not a common characteristic of LRR tires, as CapriRacer seems to suggest. Yes, tires (in general) will age (and some tires can sit in a tire shop for some time before being sold to a customer as well, thereby shortening their "on-vehicle" life further), and you are right that having a tire with a long tread life on a vehicle with low usage doesn't buy you anything either since you'll probably have to replace it due to age before it wears out. Again, that is not an issue which is unique to LRR tires, however.
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