Just noticed a nice ugly 1" long 1" wide gash on one of my new front tires.

The rubber material is still there...it just pulls away from where the cut is.

The question is: If the cut is such that I don't see any chords or anything and the cut is ONLY into the rubber material of the sidewall, does that make it ok to drive on the tire?

Normally if this tires had 10-20K mil on it, I'd just go ahead and replace it. BUT, this tire only has about 500mi. on it!! and it'll cost nearly $100 to replace.

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Chris
1985 300SD - 'Grace' (198K mi.)
2018 Honda Civic Sport
2018 Honda CRV LX
2010 Honda Fit Sport (RIP)
2013 Honda Accord Sport (Sold)
1996 Lexus LS400 (Retired)
1995 Ford Contour SE (Retired)
1976 Porsche 914 (Sold)
1972 Datsun 240Z (RIP)