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Re: 6 year max tire life?

To: BritishCarWeek <BritCarWeek@arczip.com>,
Subject: Re: 6 year max tire life?
From: healeyolic <healey6@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:28:48 -0400
Smacks of lawyers guiding the policy so that they don't get sued again. 
wishful thinking on their part as there is always someone who will sue over 
anything. I do know that in New Jersey, tire condition is part of the annual 
inspection and you can fail based upon poor tires.

John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BritishCarWeek" <BritCarWeek@arczip.com>
To: "Justin" <spartan0199@hotmail.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: 6 year max tire life?


> Hi Justin,
>
> I'm not a tire expert, but I think there's a lot more to this idea than 
> just
> replacing the tires after six years. They're probably basing their
> replacement duration figures using worst case scenario. If the car spends
> most of its time in the garage and isn't driven very often, then six years
> is probably a tad bit premature. Wear and tear caused by driving, and
> ultraviolet rays from the sun [deteriorating the rubber] while sitting
> outdoors will cause the tire to age much quicker.




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