 Acceptable NEW tire age, How old is too old? |
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| bbrock |
 Mar 29 2019, 10:13 AM
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I was surprised to learn that my local Firestone has four of the 195/65/15 FirehawkAS tires I want in stock. The tech at the shop was also surprised. I didn't think this was a popular size and I'm in a relatively small community so it got me wondering about how long those tires may have been sitting on the rack waiting for a buyer. So when I ask to check the manufacture date, what should be my cutoff? I've read anything from 1-2 years as max acceptable. I really can't predict whether I'll drive my car enough for tires to wear out rather than rot out so I don't want to put rubber with half its life gone already, but I also don't know what is reasonable to expect for freshness. Thoughts?
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bbrock Acceptable NEW tire age Mar 29 2019, 10:13 AM
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I found some interesting reading on Tire Rack on ... Apr 1 2019, 02:34 PM bbrock Picked up the tires today. The ones in stock were... Apr 5 2019, 02:30 PM  |
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