<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">That’s what I was suggesting. Temperature was also raised as a contributing factor. Exposure to ozone is another I have heard. But how long, is the question?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wasn’t ready to give up on mine yet. But YMMV. Poor Jay Leno has hundreds of cars, all of which are valuable, and which he likes to drive regularly. So keeping that stable shod has to be a massive ongoing expense (especially considering that many of them have unique or uncommon tire sizes).</div><br class=""><div class="">
--<br class="">Max Heim<br class="">'66 MGB
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 24, 2023, at 12:33 PM, <<a href="mailto:mghirsch@netzero.net" class="">mghirsch@netzero.net</a>> <<a href="mailto:mghirsch@netzero.net" class="">mghirsch@netzero.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Sunlight deteriorates tires.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>If they are kept out of sunlight, shouldn’t they have a longer life?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Maynard<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;" class="">From:</span></font></b><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mgs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Max Heim<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, July 24, 2023 11:24 AM<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mglist <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Mgs] FYI<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">It just occurred to me that I bought my current tires for my previous car, which left the premises in 2018, and was in a state of disassembly for 3 or 4 years before that. So they might date back to 2014 or even 2012. Still at least 70% tread left and the sidewalls look fine with no cracking. They have always been parked out of the sun under a carport with a car cover. I am not too concerned about sudden failure since they contain inner tubes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">I did once have an abrupt deflation incident with a previous set due to highway debris, but didn’t have any trouble keeping the car under control, and I changed to the spare on the roadside.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">--<br class="">Max Heim<br class="">'66 MGB<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">On Jul 24, 2023, at 12:16 AM, PaulHunt73 <<a href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">I'm amazed Leno as a car buff didn't already know that.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Many 'authorities' advise that a tyre should be examined closely at 5 years and replaced when it reaches 10 years old irrespective of wear. This tyre was 12 years old but had only done 18k. Certainly not mileage expired and if just 2 years over the 'recommended' change point is enough to cause this then I suggest it was either faulty or they are just not made to the standards they used to be. Falken Sincera.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font size="2" face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/tyre2.htm" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><font color="#0563c1" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/tyre2.htm</span></font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Verdana" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">On 23/07/2023 17:42, dave northrup wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Old tires<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/jay-leno-needs-about-1200-tires/?fbclid=IwAR0aJAQN-C30NTKlLn1vLPUQMbSRidtpY6T_3TcvU9ERlvIxC21zB5vsVbQ" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><font color="#0563c1" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/jay-leno-needs-about-1200-tires/?fbclid=IwAR0aJAQN-C30NTKlLn1vLPUQMbSRidtpY6T_3TcvU9ERlvIxC21zB5vsVbQ</span></font></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; 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