Spotted a news segment about a fellow who was driving a old Sunbeam
(Tiger?) when the tire blew out. I suspect it involves a law suit
as the friend with him during the roll over was left with massive
brain damage. :(
Still... with our roadsters, how many of us change out old
tires and pitching them. I've had a couple of old Michelins that
looked fine blow out of my due to age. Thankfully no problem other
than time taken to put on the spare tire. I've learned not to trust
10 year old tires, but in many cases only clue to the age of the
tires was that the car had been sitting for xx years...
Still... anyone driving on 10 year old tires? Usually there is
a "THREE DIGIT" date code... 414 would be 41st week of 1994.
http://www.tireindustry.org/cts/know2.asp has info on the tire
information.
Just be safe out there.
Tom
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