[s-cars] Anyone looking to get the jump on winter tires cheap

[Charles Baer]

Sounds like Mike is talking about Gary Bergman; he was at a get together 
just
a few weeks ago at which time he gave a rough guideline of 3 years age 
for your
winter tires.  I never expect to get that much out of a set with all the 
sunny days
we get in CO during the winter, especially when they get treated to an 
S-herd
run up a canyon to Evahboost and other such driving.

Charlie

mlp5 wrote:

>FWIW, at the Rocky Mtn Audi Club winter driving school event this last
>February, the Club  had a gentleman with a rather impressive CV (was one
>of the engineers who worked for Audi on debunking the original
>un-intended acceleration case and gets flown to Finland to test /
>compare new winter tires etc.)  speak.  He currently runs a tire
>wholesale/retail distributorship and spoke to the Audi Club's
>Bridgestone Winter Driving Event participants on the relative merits of
>various winter tires etc.  
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>One point I thought he made rather effectively had to do with the "age"
>& aging of winter tires.  While I don't recall him offering any hard &
>fast rule, he did make a point of the winter compound aging while in
>storage ~ as they become older, tires particularly those that depend on
>special compounds etc. may not retain all of the flexibility or other
>characteristics that made them a "good" tire when new.  The
>deterioration is affected by where and how the tire is stored (i.e.,
>indoor/outdoor, large temperature extremes and/or fluctuations, &
>perhaps most significantly, the presence of ozone.)
>
>You can store winter tires for a season or two or more, but .... trying
>to penny pinch too many years, or too much tread life out of a set can
>be seriously fooling yourself if you think the tires are going to be
>there for you in really bad weather.
>
>I guess tires may a little like that $1,000+ racing helmet you buy.
>It's no longer certified "good to go" when the padding sticker expires
>in 5 years or so.  Anyone been taking @$200 per year depreciation off
>their helmet supply?
>
>HTH
>mike
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: s-car On Behalf Of Richard Tanimura
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>>And make sure they are not old stock. I had some that delaminated.
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>>Rich
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