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Tire Age & Related Problems

To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Tire Age & Related Problems
From: "Reid Trummel" <editor_reid@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:24:54 +0000
Hi Team,

Just looking for some "anecdotal evidence" and thought maybe you could 
help...

Over the decades I've read articles warning about the dangers of old tires, 
and yet I can't recall hearing of any actual problems with them.  Some say 
you should not drive on tires more than 10 years old, or more than six years 
old, and tire sellers and quite happy to sell you a new set every year -- 
for safety's sake, of course!).

I do not doubt that for high-performance applications, such as for racing, 
it is always better to have the best and newest of everything, but for the 
occasional joy ride -- the way that most of us typically use our Healeys -- 
it seems like overkill, at least based on my experience and the lack of 
evidence to the contrary that I have seen or heard.

So my request is this: Please tell me if you have had any problems with 
tires that are attributable to the age of the tire(s).  If you got a flat 
tire by running over a nail, the age of the tire isn't NOT the proximate 
cause of the flat -- I'm looking for stories of problems that were caused 
by, or the direct result of, the tires being old.  No old wives's tales or 
"I heard of a guy who..." stories, please.  YOUR personal, first-hand 
experiences, please.

Anyone?  Thanks.

Reid
Fearlessly driving on 15-year-old Pirelli radials

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