You've probably heard this once or twice in your life: "Stick a penny in your tire tread. If you can still see Lincoln's head, you need new tires."
While this method does accurately measure tread depth, as you'll see in this video, by the time Lincoln's hair is exposed, that's a big yikes.
A car was accelerated to 60mph, and then the professional driver tried to stop. They repeated this three times, only changing the tread depth of the car's tires. On tires with 2/32 inch tread, it took almost 10 additional car lengths to stop compared to fresh tread!
Can you guess how far Lincoln's head is from the edge of a penny?
So by the time your tires reveal Honest Abe's hairdo, you have already lost an incredible amount of stopping power.
So visit Chicago Northside Toyota Scion before it gets to that point. Our service team will inspect your tires, and let you know if it's time for a visit to tire center.
