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Frenchy

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I still like the look of white letter tires on particular vehicles. I understand an individual's desire to have their new vehicle Look, a specific way.
Walking up to your truck you want to look at it and say, 'damn that's a nice looking truck.' I get it.
Being old and worn out myself.
I can't justify new tires until the oems are old and wore out.
I definitely can not justify changing out perfectly good tires because of the way they look. That's me.
My wife won't let me do it!
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Yup, they’re not all the same. The gravel roads in the next country to the west of me are much kinder to tires. The crushed stone I drive on and use to maintain my road is not so nice, especially when fresh, or freshly graded, or when the county puts fresh stuff down on a frozen road to address potholes…
Regarding pavement, I’m pretty sure it’s the worst in the state around Detroit.
I used to work and drive in the Sahara desert in Algeria.
It was a world famous road that tire manufacturers would use to test their new tires.
The road had been built by the French army and instead of real gravel they used what they found: small flint stones.
After a few years the wind removed almost all the asphalt exposing the flint stones.
That was like driving on sand paper.
 

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I used to work and drive in the Sahara desert in Algeria.
It was a world famous road that tire manufacturers would use to test their new tires.
The road had been built by the French army and instead of real gravel they used what they found: small flint stones.
After a few years the wind removed almost all the asphalt exposing the flint stones.
That was like driving on sand paper.
I bet! Flint fractures to fairly sharp edges.
 

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I see my truck in route to my dealer and see pics of it sideways, all ways around it. Tires are as ugly as coyote ugly. I cannot wait to put new tires with some lettering on the sidewalls. It just might spruce it up slightly. Even at the cost of new tires, it is better than just being ugly.
Disagree.
Tires are functional, not a beauty item.
 

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Tires are functional, not a beauty item.
In your opinion.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or, in the case of some posters to this thread, the beerholder. 🙂🍻
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