jjashaa

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i dunno if this is a repost or not.. but found this on another forum and thought i'd share just incase most didn't kno..

Also be great when shopping for new tires that you know something about your tires before you leave.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

rjheiss

The greatest problem is driving low mileage and the tires not wearing out. I just replaced the tires on my wife's TL with 65,000 miles and nine years old. The tread probably could have gone another couple thousand, but the risks were emerging. I saw a new "test" in which Lincoln's head on the penny is no longer the measure. It's George's wig on the quarter. The tire dealer said the tires were not too bad for drying out, but the car is garaged most times. Probably best to get some good sticky performance tires which won't hit the age before they wear out.

LITypeS

Thanks for the info. I never knew how to read the age of tires before.

ABClaypool

Kinda makes me want to go out and check my tires... Well thanks for the info, I'm getting new tires within the month and can now check to make sure I get NEW ones.

bonknhead

Thanks for sharing this info. I never knew the age of the tire was on its sidewall. Need to check mine and the tires on my wife's car...

VoLLy

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Yeah I knew about this a while ago. My last set of tires i bought didnt have this week stamp on them o.0.

fsttyms1

Some of you need to check out the other sections of Zine

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=tires

bonknhead

I just checked my Pirellis and see a 2707 stamp, so they were made the 27th week of 2007, which is only 17 weeks before I bought them at America's Tires.

jjashaa

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ramblings > cartalk... haha

Unkn0VV17

4607 woo! still good!

4drviper

REVIVAL.

So, I ordered a set of tires from DTD, sales rep said they won't be older than a year.

Got them today, tada, "0111" on the side of of all of the tires,,, Older than the set of continentals I purchased 2 years ago that are already on my car -_______-

So I called them, and told the situation, I was offered

a. free replacements for newer tires if they can find newer stock.
b. additional $50 off of total price of $440 (I'm gonna have to negotiate this 50)
c. refund.

I like dealing with them so I would prefer not to refund, but after reading this.....

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ws-report.html

Quote Wolfdogs "It never ceases to amaze me how many folks think there is nothing more to a tire than just around balck piece of rubber filled with air....... sized to fit a particular vehicle........ "

after the read, I'm feeling uneasy the customer service rep told me RMA said it's okay to sell old tires.

What should I do?? These tires will be used at near track conditions if not real track days, as well as daily summer driving around 100F degrees