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      01-06-2012, 12:27 PM   #24
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Drives: X3 (F25)
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Originally Posted by X3buyerScotland View Post
Begs the question why someone doesn't develop a free drive thro tyre depth scanner, to give you an update every time you exit the fuel filling station. I also feel the UK tread minimum is dangerously low and have never got close to it in any car I have owned, but that is another story.
Actually Nokian Tyres has stamped an easy gauge in their tyres. In the middle of the tread, you can see numbers from 1...8 when the tyre is new. When it wears out, the highest number you see is the tread depth. E.g. if you see numbers 1...5, you have 5mm thread.

Here is a photo of it:

http://media.digtator.fi/digtator//p...&org=38&view=0
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