Posted on 08/11/2023 3:20:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
“There are a lot of factors that could lead to much reduced life. Softer tires with better grip, and a driver who uses it, could easily lead to half that. It’s isn’t a simple “everyone should get 48-60k tire life”.”
Thanks for the third grade level lesson on tire wear. I don’t know why you put quotes around the “everyone” comment, because I never said that. I said “I always get around 50-60 thousand miles on tires”. Do you know the difference in meaning between the two words “I” and “everybody”? There is nothing inaccurate about my comment. Why do you think tire manufacturers give a normal 40 to 60 thousand mile warranty on their tires?
Back during WW2, the US rationed gasoline.
This was not because there was any particular shortage of gas, either at the war fronts or domestically. It was a disincentive to the civilian populations driving.
This was necessary because there was a strategically critical shortage of rubber.
Ration the gas to save the tires.
Today they are concerned with how to offset reductions in fuel taxes due to electric vehicles.
Solution: Apply the WW2 logic. Stop all taxation on fuel. Tax the tires.
The idea was to keep it that way. Probably the number one reason Hitler lost the war, was lack of gasoline supplies.
Not if the suspension is designed correctly.
Explore remote areas.
Support New England Forest Rally, Climb to the Clouds, etc., with ham radio communications and extraction of vehicles the sweep team can't get.
Go grocery shopping.
Haul concrete, lumber, etc., for our Victorian era money pit.
Sounds like fun! Those beasts sure command respect. Surprisingly, I’ve never seen one here in North Idaho. They’d be great around here.
“Haul concrete, lumber, etc., for our Victorian era money pit. “
LOL...I’ve got two money pits, one a Post WW II ranch house and another in the Idaho mountains built in 1992. I bought our first one when it was 30 years old. I bought #2 when it was also getting close to 30 years old. I think people bail out of them at 30 years because the “money pit” is just ramping up.
Yikes!
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