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Originally Posted by Lady Kia

New tyres are normally sold with around 8mm of tread depth, whereas part worn tyres may have as little of 2mm of tread. With a legal minimum tread depth of 1.6mm in Ireland, the cost per mm of useable tread of part worn tyres can be considerably more than that of a new tyre. Equally, part a part worn tyres will need to be replaced again much sooner than a new tyre meaning further expenditure will be required.

Part worns are still cheaper than a new front end

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Originally Posted by Lady Kia

New tyres are normally sold with around 8mm of tread depth, whereas part worn tyres may have as little of 2mm of tread. With a legal minimum tread depth of 1.6mm in Ireland, the cost per mm of useable tread of part worn tyres can be considerably more than that of a new tyre. Equally, part a part worn tyres will need to be replaced again much sooner than a new tyre meaning further expenditure will be required.

I think it would be difficult to sell/get customers to part with money for a tyre on the legal limit. 0.4mm of thread would not be sold by any reputable tyre seller.