Unsafe 6 year old tires, Aged tires |
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Unsafe 6 year old tires, Aged tires |
restore2seater |
Nov 30 2008, 11:00 AM
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Future 914 copilot. Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 30-October 04 From: Dunlap,IL Member No.: 3,037 Region Association: None |
Saw this on another forum I go to and thought it would be a good idea to post it here.
Tires that are sold as new. Opinions about this? |
Pat Garvey |
Nov 30 2008, 07:36 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
I hav old tires on my queens. The 73T has 15 year old Yoko A008Rs on it. They are treated regularly with glycerin & look/act as new. Fine for local driving.
I have 25 year old Pirellis (CN36) on my 914. Same story as above, though they will go in the spring (<5k miles on the!) Remember, thes are both garage queens & rarely see UV rays. Howeve, my daily driver spends all day/every day outdoors. When it was 4 years old I scraped a curb with one about a mile from home. By the ime I got home it was flat. The sidewalls were cracked & I initially thought that it was because of the hard curb rash - until I looked at the other 3. Same way! Four year old Conti's with 30k miles! May have to take a closer look at this. What about the spares? Particularly space savers that almost neve get attention. |
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