ELI5; Why can Vehicle tires last Tens of thousands of miles, While Shoes get destroyed after a couple hundred miles, Even though tires carry a much heavier weight than shoes and go much faster

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ELI5; Why can Vehicle tires last Tens of thousands of miles, While Shoes get destroyed after a couple hundred miles, Even though tires carry a much heavier weight than shoes and go much faster

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Shoes are built more cheaply. Consumers demand non marking soles that don’t leave black marks. Mostly shoes are made to wear out in a few years so they can sell more shoes. How else do you expect to keep the CEO in s current year yacht? Should be forced to shamefully cruise in last year’s boat? Oh the humanity.