http://abcnews.go.co...ndex?id=4826897
IMO one of the more important parts of your car, esp if you drive aWD
Tyres have an expiry date
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, Jul 24 2008 07:49 PM
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 07:57 PM
IMO the single most important part of the car... What is the point of spending thousands and thousands of dollars on that mega HP engine, the hugest biggest brakes in the land, rebuilding the suspension etc etc if the tyres aren't up to spec? The rear will just spin when you try to move, the fronts will lock up when you try to stop, and the car will just keep going straight ahead when you try to turn...
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 08:55 PM
Every tyre is marked with a date stamp from when it was manufactured and generally have a shelf life of 5 to 6 years, regardless if its been sitting undercover or not.
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 10:14 PM
Damn, that stockies of mine will never go on the car again... 
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 11:33 PM
Burnout tyres, Steve 
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 10:25 AM
With a stock 173 and a whinny banjo?
Very funny Tim.
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Very funny Tim.
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 10:33 AM
Not trying hard enough 
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 11:27 AM
the tyres on my old mans XU-1 are over 15 years old, they still hold the road well in the dry, car doesnt go in the rain so it doesnt matter....
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 06:48 PM
Interesting investigation,
I just had look at my Sumitomo HTR 200 205/60/13 which I bought last year a they have a very non cryptic manufacturing date
"3MAR0307", so Im relieved slightly.
I wonder how old some of the carcasses are on retreaded tyres out there?
I just had look at my Sumitomo HTR 200 205/60/13 which I bought last year a they have a very non cryptic manufacturing date
"3MAR0307", so Im relieved slightly.
I wonder how old some of the carcasses are on retreaded tyres out there?
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 09:50 PM
the tyres on my old mans XU-1 are over 15 years old, they still hold the road well in the dry, car doesnt go in the rain so it doesnt matter....
That's good to hear, he obviously doesn't drive it hard enough
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