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Show SGV3 QUI Field Marshal Rommel used them and so do today's airplanes, trucks and millions of motorists. WHAT? Retreaded tires. Rommel had no choice -new tires were not available then - but today's users buy them because of their low cost and dependability, says the Automotive Information Council. FORGET the floppy recaps of post-world war II, says AIC. Today's retreads are difficult to distinguish from new tires. Not only do airlines and truckers use them, but so do many police departments. "We've found that retread tires offer good mileage, considerable con-siderable cost savings and the kind of performance we can depend on to catch the criminal at minimum danger to ourselves," says a Maine police chief? They're also used on some race cars. THE airline industry enthusiastically endorses retreads re-treads 98 percent of the world's air carriers use them . -- and operators of heavy equipment and major bus and trucking firms rely on retreads. re-treads. One in three truck tires today is a retread, and one of every five passenger tires is a retread. The tires, made by replacing replac-ing the worn-out tread on closely inspected tire casings, cost about half as much as comparable new tires. NOT ONLY are retreaded tires economical, but they save energy. A new passenger car tire requires seven gallons of crude oil to manufacture; a retreaded tire uses 2' gallons, for a A1, gallon savings. A truck retread re-tread saves 10 gallons. The total saving because of retreads re-treads in 1976 was 400 million gallons of crude oil. |