Tire Education (car) could save a life...
07-28-2008, 09:06 AM
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Tire Education (car) could save a life...
You all probably know this already.
But this was news to me, and I especially like that they explain the 'code' for tires, so when I buy new ones I can check to see how old they are!
So I thought I would share the info...
I hope this link works!
Click here: ABC News
It should come up with Aged Tires: A Driving Hazzard?
But this was news to me, and I especially like that they explain the 'code' for tires, so when I buy new ones I can check to see how old they are!
So I thought I would share the info...
I hope this link works!
Click here: ABC News
It should come up with Aged Tires: A Driving Hazzard?
07-28-2008, 06:05 PM
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I knew the code i just never really thought about it ....Damn i wounder how old my "New"
Tires are on my galant i just bought like 3 weeks ago are..... and my truck ...OH Noes
I've Gone Paranoid'er. JK but i'm gonna make damn sure i chk them when i get home. Wife drives like she stole it.
Tires are on my galant i just bought like 3 weeks ago are..... and my truck ...OH Noes
I've Gone Paranoid'er. JK but i'm gonna make damn sure i chk them when i get home. Wife drives like she stole it.
07-28-2008, 07:08 PM
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The coding is a bitch for guys or women with collector cars. If you only drive it a few hundred miles a year, a tire store won't patch or balance them after 6 years.
Its all fallout from the Ford Explorer/Firestone Wilderness/AT fiasco several years ago. If everyone just monitored their tire inflation as well as most motorcyclists do there would be no problem.
Tires age and crack, and at any sign of cracking in the tread area they should not be driven at high speed.
Motorcycle tires get hard and lose grip when they get too old. But the tires most of us use don't last long enough to be a problem.
Its all fallout from the Ford Explorer/Firestone Wilderness/AT fiasco several years ago. If everyone just monitored their tire inflation as well as most motorcyclists do there would be no problem.
Tires age and crack, and at any sign of cracking in the tread area they should not be driven at high speed.
Motorcycle tires get hard and lose grip when they get too old. But the tires most of us use don't last long enough to be a problem.
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