You chaps are really making me nervous! Maybe I should get new tyres
for my 1955 Aston - but then I will lose originality
!! chuckle.
At 10:14 AM 5/27/2010, Paul Root wrote:
>About 4 years ago I got my daily driver 1999 Impreza Outback Sport. It had
>been sitting for about a year and had older tires on it. It had about 70,000
>miles on it. I'm pretty sure the tires had been changed at least once.
>
>They seemed ok in the dry, not great. But when there was any rain, they were
>downright scary. You couldn't make a left turn at any normal speed. I replaced
>them quickly. It was an incredible transformation.
>
>On May 27, 2010, at 8:35 AM, gordies garage wrote:
>
> > I recall learning that after some amount of time (7 - 10 yrs?) that the
>rubber tends to harden and grip suffers. My BGT has 10+ yr old tyres (Pirelli
>P600) and can be downright dangerous in the rain, too much slip on dry as
>well. The Dunlop SP20's on my A are only about 5 yrs old and grip nicely once
>warmed up, but not enough experience with them lately in the rain to offer an
>opinion.
> > HTH
> >
> > Gordie
> > '62 MGA MKII
> > '67 BGT
> >
> > Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd wrote:
> >> Hi all, we had an interesting discussion last night at our monthly local
>car
> >> club meeting when someone asked the question of "what life expectancy
>should
> >> we expect from the tyres fitted to our classic cars"? Some of these cars
>do
> >> less than 1000 miles a year and almost all are laid up during the winter
> >> months in dry storage. Some cars have been in the same ownership for over
>10
> >> years and have the same tyres fitted when they acquired the vehicle.
> >>
> >> The tyre condition is good with no apparent cracking on the tyre walls
>that
> >> you see on some very old tyres and tyre wear is not the issue either, but
>at
> >> what point should you consider changing these anyway due to age?
> >>
> >> Kindest Regards
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> Classic-Car-World Ltd
> >> www.ccw-tools.com
> >>
> >> AH 3000 MkIII (BJ8)
> >> MGA 1600
> >> Mini Park Lane
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