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Zagato
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Legal tread depth!
Is it still 1.6 minimum tyre tread depth for commercial vehicles e.g some Defenders. It doesn't seem a lot anyway, especially on light motors when it comes to aquaplaning Shocked

What do the Defender standard Continental Tyres start with when new?
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only 1.0mm on buses and hgv Shocked

conti's start at 10mm
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From the first service the dealer said I had 11-12mm on my Continentals Confused Looks like their tyre gauge is a tad out Rolling Eyes

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Measured mine new and they were 10mm with a proper tyre guage even though pdi says 12mm Confused
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I'll measure them tomorrow and see what they come out at Thumbs Up
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Morning Zagato, any snow? Just checked my Conti CC's with a tread depth gauge 13mm all round. They've done about 900 miles so just about new. 2011 Defender 90 SW
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Morning Alpy, yeah snow Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy



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Cooooolllll Very Happy Thumbs Up 2011 Defender 90 SW
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Can't find my tyre gauge Sad Looks as though they are at least 12mm new though Confused
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Conti CC's? 2011 Defender 90 SW
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Are you panicking already Zag?? Only 10mm to go. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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To my mind 1.6mm is dangerously low still. seeing as a lot of people will leave there tyre's to get down to that which is hardly anything. I Know when I had the Grabbers with 7mm tread rather than 10 - 12mm there was a marked difference in traction when stopping. Came across a FWD car not being able to get up a snowy hill yesterday needless to say hardly any tyre tread. Which caused me to stop on said hill no room to get past and ended up sliding back Shocked Evil or Very Mad
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RED-DOT wrote:
Are you panicking already Zag?? Only 10mm to go.


Wink ..... Was just looking at the ones for sale with 7mm on them and wondering what they start off with and what the minumum is. Sound to be 2/3 rds worn going by what is being said here!
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konabikes11 wrote:
To my mind 1.6mm is dangerously low still. seeing as a lot of people will leave there tyre's to get down to that which is hardly anything. I Know when I had the Grabbers with 7mm tread rather than 10 - 12mm there was a marked difference in traction when stopping. Came across a FWD car not being able to get up a snowy hill yesterday needless to say hardly any tyre tread. Which caused me to stop on said hill no room to get past and ended up sliding back Shocked Evil or Very Mad


Especailly when it's something like 75% at 1.6mm only Shocked
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