Originally Posted by onehundred80
My Contis on the rear are shot at 23,000 miles, down on the wear bars on the inside. I owe it to my passengers and myself, let alone anyone else, to have a least some decent tread when it rains to help prevent aquaplaning.
Being on a garage queen there were not any signs of cracks, but after eight years the rubber was past its due date anyway. The fronts are a long way from the wear bars, and they could well last another 20,000 if pushed.
To pass a safety test here you must have a good 1/32" over the wear bars.
180, I went to the storage where I left the old tires and measured, the rears have 1/16 left and the fronts have about 1/8 left, no cracks or flat spots. So I suppose those would pass Canadian inspection .......