[Mgs] Tyre life expectancy

Mike Eldred redscirocco at hotmail.com
Thu May 27 12:34:55 MDT 2010


Sounds like you're all suggesting I should consider replacing the 20+ year-old
tires on my TF ;)

How time flies.

> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:35:48 -0400
> From: mg_garage at comcast.net
> To: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Tyre life expectancy
>
> I recall learning that after some amount of time (7 - 10 yrs?) that the
> rubber tends to harden and grip suffers. My BGT has 10+ yr old tyres
> (Pirelli P600) and can be downright dangerous in the rain, too much slip
> on dry as well. The Dunlop SP20's on my A are only about 5 yrs old and
> grip nicely once warmed up, but not enough experience with them lately
> in the rain to offer an opinion.
> HTH
>
> Gordie
> '62 MGA MKII
> '67 BGT
>
> Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd wrote:
> > Hi all, we had an interesting discussion last night at our monthly local
car
> > club meeting when someone asked the question of "what life expectancy
should
> > we expect from the tyres fitted to our classic cars"? Some of these cars
do
> > less than 1000 miles a year and almost all are laid up during the winter
> > months in dry storage. Some cars have been in the same ownership for over
10
> > years and have the same tyres fitted when they acquired the vehicle.
> >
> > The tyre condition is good with no apparent cracking on the tyre walls
that
> > you see on some very old tyres and tyre wear is not the issue either, but
at
> > what point should you consider changing these anyway due to age?
> >
> > Kindest Regards
> >
> > Tom
> > Classic-Car-World Ltd
> > www.ccw-tools.com
> >
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