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1. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>; Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:12:15 +0100; Fully agree with Bud Bert! One of my customers went to Italy with his caravan and this caravan had tires of 7 years old which looked well. He had a flat tire in Italy and on his way back somewhere in; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00002.html (6,670 bytes)
2. Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: Bert Palte <palte@gmx.net>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:17:50 +0100; Hello fellow listers, Probably this question has come up before but I don't remember having seen it recently. The tires under my 1970 B have been replaced in 1991 or something (Michelins). Still in v; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00612.html (7,127 bytes)
3. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:38:04 -0600; This was the Tire Rack question in the last Grassroots Motorsports. The executive summary is that tires dry out and harden as the age. Decreasing grip and stopping ability. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - CC; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00615.html (7,789 bytes)
4. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:31:52 -0500; My 52TD had a beautiful, like new, set of Semperit radials on it when I bought it. However, they were about 10 years old at the time. By the time I got the car on the road they were 15 years old, bu; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00616.html (8,137 bytes)
5. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:32:38 -0800; Well, if the tread is still soft, and the sidewalls aren't showing cracks, I don't see why not. I once had some 20+-year-old Michelins with rock-hard, glassy-smooth tread blocks, that were definitely; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00617.html (7,714 bytes)
6. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: "Dave Wood" <dwood143@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:56:09 -0800; I've run two sets of Semperits on my B. They were fine until I had about 40,000 miles on them and then both times I had one of the tires have a radial separation which caused an unround condition th; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00618.html (8,885 bytes)
7. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: "Rick" <WebmasterRick@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 18:47:06 -0600; <<However, is it still safe to use them?>> N O ! "Shelf" life (being used or sitting) for "modern" radial tires is FIVE years. "Looks" are NO indication of "condition". There was a thread on healeys; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00619.html (7,557 bytes)
8. Re: Old Tire Q (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:32:05 -0500; Absolutely no way. Even if there's no major tread loss, you'll probably notice spiderweb cracks. After 12 years, the rubber is very dry and weak. Unless it's been off the car submerged in some preser; /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00620.html (7,729 bytes)

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