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HOW OLD ARE YOUR TIRES?


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Check & post here... consider it a PSA & poll.

 

 

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Far out not good!

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Good informative post Timmah.

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Just replaced  the two rear tyres on my wifes car which were, wait for it, 6 years old, I noticed bad cracking on the sidewalls, so the above article is spot on, as an ex motorcyclist I am acutely aware of how important tyres are. I never buy cheap tyres, I renew them at 3mm tread left regardless, I check them every week both for faults and pressures which are very important, and I do not repair them after a puncture I replace them. Tyres are THE most important part of any vehicle, full stop, amazing the amount of people with high end vehicles who boast about cheap tyres, if you can't afford to run it don't buy it.

A lot of these Company's flogging cheap tyres are selling out of date tyres from tyre dealers and Companies, In the UK you buy a cheap tyre from an auction site, this has been discarded in the uk sold to eastern europe and then sent from there back to the uk as a new tyre. I have just been caught this way but thanks to paypal got a refund, the moral (as it has been forever) 'if it seems too good to be true it usually is'.

Two things every motorist should learn are the speed and load ratings for their vehicle, especially the latter which is usually totally ignored even by garages, a manufacturer can make the same tyre size in various load ratings, put on a one too low and as above it can blow out at speed.

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the one around my mid section will be 59 in a few days lol

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Put set on my sons car yesterday... 4th week of this year, Say I did ok.....

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All 4 of mine are spares from 1998

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That's why I'm not a big fan of these tires that are supposed to last for 90 kajillion miles before wearing out...I replace my tires every 2 years, spare-included.

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A tired that has been used since made will last longer than a tire that has sat for a while then used...Comparing same life span..

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general rule of thumb is tires  should not be driven on if older  then 7 yrs old or if tread is at tred wear bar or at 3/32 .i sell tires

there is a dot  number on easch tire its like a vin number.it tells what factory the tire is made in and the date it was made

most will show you the week in the year it was made.

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I used to work for discount tire..   we would not even put air in a tire if it was 6 or more years old.

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Exactly why I always buy from Discount. A true quality company!

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