1.   East Hardscrabble looks OK, clear ruts where other tires have worn the ice to dry pavement.

2.   If the tire is wearing evenly, all of the little lines and crevices across the tread should look about the same.

3.   In the grooves their tires wear into the blacktop.

4.   It is a small band of rubber that will appear running across the tread groove when the tires wear to a certain point.

5.   It will help keep track of how the tires are wearing and if an alignment may be looming.

6.   Moderate over-inflation can cause tires to wear prematurely in the center.

7.   But his tires wore badly, and he wound up seventh.