Used Tire Buying Guide

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Here's a few tips on what to look for when buying used tires for your automobile.

Buying used tires is a great way to save money, while improving traction and safety. Its best suited for vehicles that you might not be keeping for too long, reselling, scrapping or returning as a lease. However if you will be keeping the car around for a few more years, its probably more cost effective to get new tires.

A tire is cut away and the internal structure is demonstrated.

All tires have a general life span of about 6 years. Typically all season tires come with 10/32" of thread, and can go down to about 4/32" of thread before it starts getting slippery in the rain or snow. Details about tire thread depth, condition and age are discussed.

You must also consider different tire types for what vehicle you drive, be it an all season touring tire for family cars, a light truck tire for SUVs, vans and pickups, a performance tire for race cars, or winter tires for areas that require them.

The final consideration should be the price that your getting the used tires at. Once the installation costs are factoring, calculate if its worth buying a used tire. For example, a used tire may last you one year, but is it worth paying 40% of the new tire price for only one year of service?

With a good quality set of used tires, you can improve your traction, safety and of course save a lot of money. You may even get lucky and find a set of used rims with tires already installed that can fit your vehicle.