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Jun 10, 2009 19:38:22 GMT
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Well what can i say, after having problems with the panda pulling to the left all the time i had a look at the date stamps on the tyres (all remoulds too  ), and i have to say i was surprised. Here are the results..... Front left........Feb 2001 Front right......Jan 2003 Rear left.........Sep 1999 Rear right was the biggest surprise.......July 1994  . Thats nearly as old as the car So everyone, check the age of your tyres as soon as you can, and remember...... its the only part of the car thats in contact with the road, so you want the best condition possible  Details of how to check your tyres age can be sought here.... www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11 |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Jun 10, 2009 19:43:57 GMT
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i don't need to check my tyres thank you all the same
i only bought them last year, and they all the same batch marked feb 2008
really, PS, you do panic about the strangest things, your tyres are remoulds - thats more dangerous than running 10 year old tyres - if you want to REALLY frighten yourself, look at the date on the fiat camper tyres
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Jun 10, 2009 19:45:49 GMT
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Funny, I started a thread about this elsewhere recently. I'll cut and paste it into here: 75mph on the M5 in the Kangoo. Stereo up loud, eyes on the road, happy thoughts... *clunk* *thunkthunkthunkthunkthunkthunkTHUNKTHUNKTHUNKTHUNKTHUNK* Hmmm.... Car feels OK, nothing obvious amiss... I figured a bit of trim had come loose or something. Stopped at services, had a quick look around, all seemed OK. Wasn't til the day after that I saw this on the tyre:  Errr.... That'll be a split in the middle of the tread about 6 inches long. Must've been against the road when I had the quick check... I could pull the tread off the carcass right back either side. Not good! When I bought the van all the tyres had loads of tread on etc, that was all I checked on them to be honest, but when I took it yesterday for a new tyre I asked the bloke why it had failed and he said "Well it's 9 years old - it'll have perished with age"... Oh right *gulp* My other tyres are all OK. How do you tell? They should have a mark like this on them somewhere:  (stolen from the web). The "3103" on that one indicates that it was made in the 31st week of 2003. Tyres apparently last about four years or so. I never knew that. So be careful, have a good look. |
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Jun 10, 2009 20:49:49 GMT
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Ahhh see you only get this problem with FWD cars and those that don't get driven hard enough. I had a 1500 auto Dolomite that had tyres with about 23cms of tread left but as the car was incapable of laying rubber the tyres were 78 years old and therefore knackered. My Dolomite Sprint on the other hand leaves a rubber trail wherever it goes, kinda like a petrol headed snail trail, which ensures fresh rubber atleast once a year ;D
Problem solved
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RetroMat
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Jun 10, 2009 21:07:05 GMT
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my Toledo was still wearing 2 of its original tyres when I got it ;D
As for remoulds my hiace was fitted with 2 ancient kingpin remoulds that had started pealing! cracks all over the place i got them changed very quick.
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Last Edit: Jun 10, 2009 21:08:42 GMT by RetroMat
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Jun 10, 2009 21:48:02 GMT
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my lastest addition has been on blocks so the tyres look fine
although i know the car was last on the road 21 yrs ago !
will prob leave them on until its running and motd though but was planing on changing them though
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Rich G
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Jun 10, 2009 22:05:32 GMT
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Wonder if this is a cynical move by the tyre companies to panic people into buying tyres more often - strange how we've never heard of this before.
There are guys running at Bonneville at speeds around 200mph on tyres that are older than me, they don't seem worried?
Having said that it is good practice to check the condition of your tyres regularly, particularly if the car doesn't get much use but lives outside.
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Odin
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Jun 10, 2009 22:21:15 GMT
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This probably stems from Auto Express' latest campaign which is to get a 'best before' date put on tyres.
They did test old tyres against new tyres taken down to the same amount of tread on a track, and the results were clearly in favour of the new tyres, but then the new tyres were a more modern compund/tread pattern design, so I wonder how much that had to do with it?
I think they key has to be inspecting the tyres thoroughly, much like you would do with food. You might eat something that was a few days beyond the 'best before' date if it wasn't mouldy etc. Of course in an ideal world you would just bin it straight away and buy fresh, but then not everyone can afford that - and it would be wasteful to bin something that was fine anyway.
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Jun 10, 2009 22:49:45 GMT
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Ahhh see you only get this problem with FWD cars and those that don't get driven hard enough. I had a 1500 auto Dolomite that had tyres with about 23cms of tread left but as the car was incapable of laying rubber the tyres were 78 years old and therefore knackered. My Dolomite Sprint on the other hand leaves a rubber trail wherever it goes, kinda like a petrol headed snail trail, which ensures fresh rubber atleast once a year ;D Problem solved 23cms?!?! HOLY HEEEELL you have INSANE amounts of thread on your tires! Thats like 10 inches! ;D |
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Prud
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Rubber never lasts long enough to get 'old' on me. Even on the FWD Morrie 1100  |
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Well, the front tyres on my Beetle are about 6 or 7 years old and have done 45,000 miles. Still another year's driving in them easy, and they grip just fine.
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I have a Datsun 100A from 1976 which has been dry stored since 1984 with it's original cross ply's still on.On it's MOT last week that's one of the few things that she didn't fail on was tyre condition.I Will swap them for radials though when I begin to use her. ;D
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Jun 12, 2009 10:26:54 GMT
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tyres will last for years and years if kept in a dark garage. its the UV light that destroys them. just checked my bridgestones and they're week 25 2008  think some of this scaremongery came from a batch of premium tyres that appeared last year that were all a good few years old but were being sold as new- think they were goodyear eagles or something? |
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Jun 12, 2009 10:44:48 GMT
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My Dad has a car trailer (built for Aston Martin V8s) which has just two wheels - so uses commercial rated tyres. We were towing a Rover SD1 (minus it's engine) down the M1 and one of the tyres blew out. The pressure was fine, and the tyre wasn't overloaded - it was just old. Like 23 years old. The whole tread just came off the tyre, destroyed the mudguard and spread itself over the motorway. The stays for the mudguard were 1" by 1/4" steel - one was ripped off, the other was bent in so much that the spare wheel wouldn't go on.
The only reason that the trailer wasn't spread over the M1 was the fact that my Dad was driving, and managed to save it. If I'd been driving (I can't tow yet, but anyway) it would have been messy.
After that I decided to stick with the tyre manufacturer recommendation of 6 years for tyre replacement.
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Jun 12, 2009 10:59:12 GMT
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think some of this scaremongery came from a batch of premium tyres that appeared last year that were all a good few years old but were being sold as new- think they were goodyear eagles or something? It's not scaremongery.....I used to work for Michelin in the warehouse,and we used to throw tyres away that were over 5 years old. I'm sure we wouldn't have been doing this for fun. Tyres have a shelf life kids....be carefull out there! ;D |
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Tim
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Jun 12, 2009 11:21:30 GMT
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Some of you lot scare me!
tyres are the only thing that keeps you on the road - just because they may seem to grip ok doesnt mean they are not knackered. I've ruined enough mtb tyres to know that! The tyre carcass degrades as well, invisibly.
Why skimp on tyres? i'd rather get new ditchfinders than 5-10 year old tyres - at least the carcass should be sound.
If you cant afford to buy the tyres, you shouldnt have the wheels :-)
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dugong
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Jun 12, 2009 12:16:15 GMT
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Piazza, when bought, had 1987 Dunlop D7s on it.
Mmmmm, grippy.
Volvo, when bought, had 37 year old Goodyear C800s on the front.
O HAI BUS STOP, I CAN HAS DRIVEN INTO U.
New tyres= win.
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Jun 12, 2009 12:59:10 GMT
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When I bought the estelle, back in 2001, it had 3 Barums on from the date of manufacture (registered in 1989, so probably assembled and shipped at some point in 88).
And it passed an MOT like that.
Once I had the funds together I had them swapped for a set of slightly wider, slughtly lower profile new BFG Tourings on skoda factory alloys.
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Lex
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Jun 12, 2009 13:20:35 GMT
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FL - Feb 05
FR - June 04
RL - March 06
RR - June 04
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Jun 12, 2009 13:30:39 GMT
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FL - Feb 05 FR - June 04 RL - March 06 RR - June 04 yeah but yours is safe as it doesnt move  |
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), and i have to say i was surprised. Here are the results.....
