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Remember white-wall automobile tires? If they made a comeback, would you use them?

Posted - November 3, 2019

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  • 53526

      For aesthetic purposes only, but not if the cost is a lot extra. 
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      November 3, 2019 11:36 AM MST
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  • 44654
    Not too long ago, tires had both and you could chose.
      November 3, 2019 6:25 PM MST
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  • 6477
    I would on an older/classic car :)
      November 3, 2019 12:28 PM MST
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  • 7795
    Not on a new car that's for sure. Only classic cars that came out with those white-walls as an original feature. This post was edited by Zack at November 3, 2019 6:25 PM MST
      November 3, 2019 12:35 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Considering that their value was purely cosmetic, they were a waste of money.
      November 3, 2019 12:38 PM MST
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  • 34452
    If they were cheap enough.

    I prefer white letters.
      November 3, 2019 12:43 PM MST
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  • 6988
    I am from the world of RAISED WHITE LETTERS.
      November 3, 2019 1:01 PM MST
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  • 6988
    In 1987, I had a letter printed in ' Motorcycle Industry Magazine'. It included some changes that were coming to the motorcycle world. I suggested many ideas, including colored tires. They soon became available for off-road applications. 
      November 3, 2019 1:13 PM MST
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  • 53526

      In some locations, the practice of offering automobile tires in various colors became a crime-related problem because gang members used them for marking their territory and/or for antagonizing rival gangs. The way it was done was through skid marks, some of which were so elaborate that they resembled graffiti that had been created by spray paint. A gang would use wheelies and other stunt-like driving maneuvers to slather streets showing who owned what, and then another gang would cover the first markings with their own in challenge to the original gang. Crossing over or crossing out another gang’s marls marks was grounds for war, which was often the result of such an action. Law enforcement agencies and public safety officials went to the tire manufacturers to request that the product line be scrapped, with obvious results (profits and bottom lines can’t be interferes with for a silly matter of curbing violence or maintaining peace).  

    [BONUS FEATURE: this post contains several puns that tie into or follow the subject matter. Who among you will be the first respondent to identify them all?] 

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    This post was edited by Randy D at November 3, 2019 6:26 PM MST
      November 3, 2019 2:44 PM MST
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  • 44654
    Hmm...a movie plot.
      November 3, 2019 6:26 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Not on their own ,they would need to be fitted on somekind of vehicle  first....:)
      November 3, 2019 3:16 PM MST
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  • 13277
    You Brits are so clever, aren't you then?
      November 3, 2019 3:18 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Correct,this ones a right little smart arse....given half a chance....:) 
    I must say that you're very talented four noticing.....:)D xx 
      November 3, 2019 4:23 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Of course, even though you lot drive on the wrong side of the road, with or without whitewalls! I once visited Jamaica, and they do it there as well.
      November 3, 2019 5:08 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Funny how there are more vehicle  crashes and deaths in America on the road then there are in England.    ..  Now who drives on the wrong side of the road....:)D 
      November 3, 2019 6:12 PM MST
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  • 44654
    We have ten times the population of England...therefore ten times the idiots.
      November 3, 2019 6:29 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Do split Hares and I bet Randy D didn't know that until you let the cat out of the bag Papa.....

    Now what's all this about you having cats in bags ?    :) 
      November 4, 2019 4:04 PM MST
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  • 7280
    I agree the type of proportionality is correct, but the multiplier might be a little higher.  (Nothing against Australia or England---just an observation about idiots)
      November 4, 2019 4:20 PM MST
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  • 53526

    (then than)
      November 3, 2019 6:32 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Bring it on.....:) 
      November 4, 2019 4:05 PM MST
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  • 7280
    Certainly not those wide ("classic") whitewalls.
      November 4, 2019 4:21 PM MST
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  • 1305
    I only like them on vintage cars or motorbikes, as most modern cars have no character. This post was edited by kjames at November 4, 2019 9:28 PM MST
      November 4, 2019 5:22 PM MST
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  • 17620
    Yes.

    No.
      November 4, 2019 11:53 PM MST
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