As an aside, the main reason I see tire manufacturer's recommending an
automatic throw away program is caused by "Yellow Page" lawyers...Tire
companies are good targets, juries never want to tell someone they were
actually responsible to maintain correct tire pressure, inspect their tires,
or exhibit common sense.
Just my opinion -- where I live in Arizona, between the ultra-violet light ,
screaming heat with low humidity and a lot of 75MPH+ driving --- I either wear
them out or they start separating tread by the time they are in the 80,000+
range (two to four years).
Pete Koernig
'70 1600 (# 29429) almost done
'69 2000 'lot of work left
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Walter" <twalter@austin.rr.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Old Tires
> Spotted a news segment about a fellow who was driving a old Sunbeam
> (Tiger?) when the tire blew out. I suspect it involves a law suit
> as the friend with him during the roll over was left with massive
> brain damage. :(
>
> Still... with our roadsters, how many of us change out old
> tires and pitching them. I've had a couple of old Michelins that
> looked fine blow out of my due to age. Thankfully no problem other
> than time taken to put on the spare tire. I've learned not to trust
> 10 year old tires, but in many cases only clue to the age of the
> tires was that the car had been sitting for xx years...
>
> Still... anyone driving on 10 year old tires? Usually there is
> a "THREE DIGIT" date code... 414 would be 41st week of 1994.
> http://www.tireindustry.org/cts/know2.asp has info on the tire
> information.
>
> Just be safe out there.
>
> Tom
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