# Can you still get retread tires for a passenger car?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-retread-tires-for-a-passenger-car/73108 "2001-07-19T22:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-retread-tires-for-a-passenger-car/73108/1 "2001-07-19T22:05:07Z")

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Way back in the early 80’s, I had an old clunker of a car, but little or no money for unimportant stuff like maintenance and tires. Luckily, retread or recap ties were cheap and plentiful. I could get one for my car (a 1974 Cutlass S) for about $15-20 vs. $50+ for a new tire. Of course, everyone knew you were using retreads by the blue stripe (which eventually wore off). As I have gotten older (and more concerned with the safety of myself and family), I always buy new tires, even for my current clunker, uh, work car. I haven’t seen a retread in quite some time. I know they’re available for commercial trucks, but what about passenger cars?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-retread-tires-for-a-passenger-car/73108/2 "2001-07-19T22:25:19Z")

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I used to buy them about five years ago and I think they are still available (in the UK) - they used to be guaranteed up to 200mph

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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-retread-tires-for-a-passenger-car/73108/3 "2001-07-19T23:05:02Z")

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My studded snow tires last winter were retreads. I think they were about $50 for a set of 4.