[s-cars] Tire Shelf Life

[Tony Curran]

Thanks all for info and advice. This is what I suspected.

 

Tire Rack have Continental DWs at a good price too.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

96 S6

 

From: Stephen Redford [mailto:shr42 at msn.com] 
Sent: April-06-13 3:07 AM
To: John Cody Forbes
Cc: Larry; Tony Curran; S-Car-List at Audifans.Com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tire Shelf Life

 

 

---Thanks for the info from the Manufactures ...   I  have spent some time
on "old tires" , over the yrs.  and  I can affirm that they perform pretty
poorly , especially in the wet.   I'm not proud of it but it happens.
Also agree that , even though there is good tread left, more than half the
original,  that the rubber  gets really hard and "slippery" ..    I had a
chance to get some new tires, performance type, for a pretty good price, a
while back.   I notice that the rubber, though new, seemed pretty hard to
me.    My "car friend" said to check the manuf. date.  I did and they were
in fact over 10yrs old - New !        These days my tires are not So Old .
:))    

--- Cody , If I may,  Tell your Dad to Drive the 914 a little ... My brother
had a 914 and He and I really liked that car...                 Take Care,
Stephen H.   "85Urq  10V-Rebuilt Motor,  Needs New Tires , And to be driven
a Little...

 

 

On Apr 5, 2013, at 6:29 PM, John Cody Forbes wrote:





Here's some info I found:
The British Rubber Manufacturers Association (BRMA) recommended practice
issued June, 2001, states "BRMA members strongly recommend that unused tyres
should not be put into service if they are over six years old and that all
tyres should be replaced ten years from the date of their manufacture."

More recently, The Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers Association (JATMA)
recommended practice issued May, 2005, states "customers are encouraged to
have their vehicle tires promptly inspected after five years of use to
determine if the tires can continue to be used (recommends spare tires be
inspected as well). Furthermore, even when the tires look usable, it is
recommended that all tires (including spare tires) that were made more than
ten years ago be replaced with new tires."

While American driving conditions don't include the high-speed challenges of
the German Autobahn, Chrysler and Ford Motor Company joined their European
colleagues in 2005 by recommending that tires installed as Original
Equipment be replaced after six years of service."


Personally, I've typically recommended not mounting a tire that is more than
5 years old, but I've never recommended removing a tire purely by age (only
by condition).

For an anecdote related to this, my father and I are showing one of his
914-6's in a Concours next month. It's a 1970 914-6 with about 5,000 miles
on it and still on it's original tires which are in remarkably good shape.
Part of the Concours involves a short drive. We are pretty sure we will sit
out the drive, but have been joking about if we do the drive we would have
to use other wheels and tires, but that would be a shame since it's very
likely that the lug bolts have never been loosened since installed at the
factory!


-Cody



-----Original Message----- From: Larry
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 9:07 PM
To: Tony Curran
Cc: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tire Shelf Life

That's a bit on the old side IMHO.

sent from my iPod


On Apr 5, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:




I'm looking for new summer tires for my (NAC) Jaguar XJ8 and Tire Rack have

Pirellii P Zero for $139 ea though they are from 2007 production. Now I

understand there is a shelve life for tires but would 2007 be a good or bad

buy decision?

 

 

 

TIA

 

 

 

Tony

 

96 S6 & 03 XJ8

 

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