I drove from Seattle up to Ross's place for some initial work after
buying my car. When I came to pick it up, he mused over the antiquity
of my tires and then cautioned me: "Drive straight home. Don't turn
any corners."
Of course I bought new tires right away. But that was 6 years ago . . .
-John
1970 2000
datsunmike@nyc.rr.com wrote:
> There was an article regarding that in Grassroots this month. They
> recommended dumping the tires after 5 years.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Geegc@aol.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:22 PM
> Subject: Old Tires
>
>
>
>>Old tires -- there was an article in today's WSJ about old tires, and it
>
> stated that car manufacturers recommend that tires be changed every 6 years,
> and certainly after 10 years, no matter what.
>
>>I can second that, on my old black 2000 the tires were 11 years old and
>
> harder than a rock. I replaced them with new rubber and the car actually
> stopped sliding on every turn, and rode better to boot.
>
>>Gary C
>>red red black.
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