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Automobile Enthusiasts

bucolic_frolic

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1. Costs were involved

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2023, 06:18 AM

Mar 2023

chains were cheaper than extra rims or mounting snows every year. I don't think tires had ratings for hardness in the day. Prior to modern tire construction, tires could only go one way. If you reversed them by mounting on the opposite side of the car, the ply belts under the rubber separated. You would get bubbles. I had a few.

All season radials with more frequent 4 wheel alignment (also a later innovation) is cheaper and easier and prob safer.

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