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Re: Are my tyres too old?

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Subject: Re: Are my tyres too old?
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:02:45 -0700
on 8/31/04 6:24 PM, Larry list account at list@marketvalue.net wrote:

> A tire's date of manufacture is contained in the last three digits of the
> DOT (Department of Transportation) serial number, which all DOT approved
> tires have, and is found near the "bead" of the tire. Of the last three
> digits, the first two stand for the week and the last stands for the year.
> 
> Example : 506 would mean the tire was made during the 50th week of 1996.

Or '86, or '76...

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