Re: [Tigers] Warning about Old Tires

["Stu Brennan" <stubrennan@comcast.net>]

Agreed.  I had two Famous Maker tires fail on my old Jetta.  They were old 
but looked OK and still had ample tread left.  They suffered some sort of 
internal separations resulting in them being not quite round anymore.  The 
wobble was quite dramatic.  No disasters, low speed, just a few miles from 
home.

When the first failed, I said "that's odd".  When the second did the same 
thing, I immediately replaced the rest.

A few years later I got a set of neat wheels for the Tiger, including the 
old Continentals mounted on them.  I contacted Conti, and they recommended 
replacing them, since the tires were well beyond the 6 or 7 years max they 
claim.

We replaced two sets this year, one on the Tiger, and some 7 year old 
Goodies on my daughter's car, that were starting to show external cracks and 
one started losing a few pounds a month.

Stu
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