<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I suggest that there is a temperature component to tire life. Tires used as little as Max’s have been would, it seems to me, be OK at present age if they had been stored in a refrigerator. </div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My observation of tires on MGB and truck when I moved to CT from FL is that the tires did not appear to age as quickly in CT. I did—tires didn’t. When replaced at 12 years, though, the difference in cornering grip was notable. </div><div dir="ltr">Bob</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 24, 2023, at 12:23 PM, Max Heim <<a href="mailto:mvheim@sonic.net">mvheim@sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div 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.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 24, 2023, at 12:16 AM, PaulHunt73 <<a href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com" class="">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><p style="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;" class="">I'm amazed Leno as a car buff didn't already know that.<br class=""></p><p style="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;" 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.<br class=""></p><p style="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;" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/tyre2.htm" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/tyre2.htm</a><br class=""></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="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;">On 23/07/2023 17:42, dave northrup wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:bf1a27d918404c81aee2cf5f730b15b5@ranteer.com" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Old tires<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/jay-leno-needs-about-1200-tires/?fbclid=IwAR0aJAQN-C30NTKlLn1vLPUQMbSRidtpY6T_3TcvU9ERlvIxC21zB5vsVbQ" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/jay-leno-needs-about-1200-tires/?fbclid=IwAR0aJAQN-C30NTKlLn1vLPUQMbSRidtpY6T_3TcvU9ERlvIxC21zB5vsVbQ</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><br class=""><fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
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