b0rn2w0rsh1p
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When I was a youth I had HO scale racecars and a track. The '71 grommets remind me of the rear tires, in appearance. Because "real" tires are made of rubber I will gravitate to using the word to describe things with similar appearances even though there is no evidence that they are rubber. Indeed some HO tires used a silicone based formulation (something else we don't want near the finish). I also note that there was a type of tire called a "sponge" tire.
I too had HO track, I had a large 2nd story room with a "Sebring" track layout. I still have my cars, but I think I had to leave the majority of my track behind when I moved from SW FL (close to Sebring) to Casper WY (in two carloads - the first load was almost exclusively my Fender Rhodes and most of my guitars).