[Healeys] Tires

[Alan Seigrist]

Bill - I had Rikens on my BJ8 for 15 years first in Cali then Hong
Kong, put 50K miles on the tires - one tire finally delaminated,
thankfully I wasn't going fast.  I'd say 10 years is a good time to
change.  My new tires grip WAY better.

On 3/12/09, Mr. Bill <bn1 at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Gentlemen and List,
>
> When this "old tire" thread went around a couple of months ago, I had a
> question but I wanted to do some research first.  I have since talked to
> some longtime Healey friends and a bunch of 240Z maniacs I know.  It was
> agreed by everyone I talked to that a tire used all the time does not
> age the same as a tire sitting dormant on a shelf.  Living in Southern
> California, my Healey is driven all the time.  My one owner 240Z has
> been sitting a long time and, I agree, those tires are trash.  Because
> of the lightness of those two cars, I get excellent mileage and have run
> tires for 10 years on them.  I have never had a failure or even a bulge
> to indicate delamination was about to happen.  Are we all just lucky?
>
> Bill
>
>

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Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8