consumer warning / doomsaying about tire shelf life [NAC]

[Grant Lenahan]

Dry rot can occur. It does nto always.  I have 9 year old snows that I 
store carefully, and still use.

OTOH, I've seen 4-5 year old tires with micro-cracks that i would not 
trust under tough conditions.

Test with UV light


thejimrose wrote:
> Oops. forgot the link. sheesh..
> http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
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> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:47 PM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> this is an interesting [albeit sensational] piece. scary that they were able
>> to buy tires as new that were in fact many years old.
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>> it piqued my curiosity and i thought i'd bounce it off the collective. has
>> anyone seen any data backing up the claims to 'replace tires after 6 years
>> no matter the condition' ? is that common sense or 'please buy more tires' ?
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>> "and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and
>> know the place for the first time." - t.s. eliot
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