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Re: [Tigers] Tiger's Tires

To: steve wick <srwick@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger's Tires
From: Rob Hogan via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 19:11:15 -0400
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It was a dumb question when I knew the answer was never to take the chance
on tires that old.  It does cause me pain to see tires with only 200 miles
of wear go to the recycler especially when their size replacements are no
longer available.  But that beats doing fender damage from a blowout.

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On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:16 PM steve wick <srwick@hotmail.com> wrote:

> My cars don't get many miles a year as well, but some of those miles end
> up being at freeway speeds. I figure I'd rather spend $500 on tires than
> risk a $50,000 car or my body. I think the recommendation is change them
> every 7 years, and that's what I do.
>
> Steve
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> *Subject:* [Tigers] Tiger's Tires
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> I'm one of those drivers that doesn't put more than a few hundred miles on
> my MR2 Spyder or will put on the Tiger each year.  I wonder if people with
> several infrequent use cars change all of their cars' tires every 10 years
> or less.  Realizing the danger of running old tires particularly at highway
> speed, are 36 year old BFG TA tires even useable at speeds under 45 MPH?  I
> should have used the 235/50xR13's more before the Tiger's long layup.
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sans-serif;font-size:small">It was a dumb question when I knew the answer w=
as never to take the chance on tires that old.=C2=A0 It does cause me pain =
to see tires with only 200 miles of wear go to the recycler especially when=
 their size replacements are no longer available.=C2=A0 But that beats doin=
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My cars don&#39;t get many miles a year as well, but some of those miles en=
d up being at freeway speeds. I figure I&#39;d rather spend $500 on tires t=
han risk a $50,000 car or my body. I think the recommendation is change the=
m every 7 years, and that&#39;s what I do.</div>
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I&#39;m one of those drivers that doesn&#39;t put more than a few hundred m=
iles on my MR2 Spyder or will put on the Tiger each year.=C2=A0 I wonder if=
 people with several infrequent use cars change all of their cars&#39; tire=
s every 10 years or less.=C2=A0 Realizing the danger of
 running old tires particularly at highway speed, are 36 year old BFG TA ti=
res even useable at speeds under 45 MPH?=C2=A0 I should have used the 235/5=
0xR13&#39;s more before the Tiger&#39;s long layup.</div>
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