Reid,
I've been waiting for someone to say something along the line of where the
rubber meets the road so to speak. Many on the list when talking about wanting
to be able to get certain tires and that the tires were to expensive, and they
purchased another tire at much less cost. Regardless of the tire brand or size
there are features on some tires that are more desireable than what is needed.
So one has to decide what they actually want of the tire, preformance, tread
wear, appearance, etc.. But the bottom line is that we own and drive a classic
car or cars and the tire may be the single most important thing between a safe
trip and an accident. Many may think $300 or $400 or $800 may be too much to
pay for a set of tires, but when you compare it to the value of our cars it is
a small price to pay for safe travel. The tire rubber has a finite life
whether it in years of tread life or mileage, the life will end at some time.
Just my thoughts.
Jerry
BN2
Reid Trummel <editor_reid@hotmail.com> wrote:
Thanks to all who responded to my request for anecdotal evidence vis-a-vis
problems with old tires. I received a lot of responses -- several privately
that The List will not have seen -- and I have to agree that many of the
incidents described would appear to be related to the age of the tires.
Bottom line: I'm buying new tires.
Thanks for the input.
Reid Trummel
Portland, Oregon
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:24:54 +0000
From: "Reid Trummel"
Subject: Tire Age & Related Problems
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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