Something you should know about your tires

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Posted by Al on Jul-03-2008 17:44:

Something you should know about your tires

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

This is news to me, luckily I got my tires from high turn-over rate distribution centers; tires are 1 yr old *2307*

for those who don't want to watch the video:
the tires some retailers have on clearance sales may be more than 10 years old. Tires at that age are hazardous, even if they have good thread and have never been used before.

Don't buy tires from places that keep the tires outsides or directly exposed to the sun and check the date on them before you buy.....the date should consist of 4 numbers: first 2 digits are the week of the year the tire was made, last 2 are the year...so *1007* would say that the tire was made in the 10th week of '07..or 0308 3rd week of '08.

Pre 2000: there are only 3 digits 2 for the week and one for the year.

If you have 3 digits on your tires, you should change your tires like yesterday or peel them on the asphalt.

Thought I'd share.

Cheers,

Al.

Posted by Abercrombie on Jul-03-2008 17:55:

I always check the dates on tyres, but I have never seen them more than 3 yrs old in clearance sales. Sounds like the media blowing up a relatively rare (but dramatic) issue once again.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Jul-03-2008 18:29:

I'm going to be needing new tires soon, gotta start researching. Yay.

Posted by Aleksandra on Jul-03-2008 18:33:

thx for the info!

Posted by Jem_hadar on Jul-04-2008 19:12:

I dont use tires on my car.

Posted by English Rachel on Jul-04-2008 19:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Jem_hadar
I dont use tires on my car.

Hovercraft FTW

Posted by Enrick on Jul-04-2008 19:21:

oxidation of vulcanized rubber for the lose