It used to be done for passenger car tires. A quick search says one can still find recapped tires if determined. But why isn't it more common, when it was commo

It used to be done for passenger car tires. A quick search says one can still find recapped tires if determined. But why isn't it more common, when it was common about 40-50 years ago? Well, that time began to approach the time I spent as a mechanic, and the reason was cheap, imported tires that were starting to come out of Asian factories. I can sell you a retread, or you can have a brand new tire from some off-brand for about the same money, and guess which was chosen more often? This link seems to line up with what I remember from 40 years ago: https://www.treadwright.com/blogs/treadwright-blog/are-retread-tires-illegal https://www.treadwright.com/blogs/treadwright-blog/are-retre... If the Michelin's are built with retreading in mind, should work fine. After all, it always did before. :-)