[Tigers] old tires

clydemclaughlin at verizon.net clydemclaughlin at verizon.net
Mon Apr 1 07:05:02 MDT 2019 

A few years ago we had 67 XKE in our shop to get it ready for the road after 10 plus years in storage,  we did the usual, flush all fluids, replaced gas tank and cleaned and resealed the carbs, and of course tires were on the list along with some repair and trueing of the wire wheels. While the car was on the lift before we got to the wheels and tires one of the 10 plus year old tires blew out. It completely delaminated and it didn't even have the weight of the car on it,  had that come apart while driving it would have really done a lot of body damage to the car and who know about personal injury. I know most folks don't like to buy tires,  but they are the first line of safety defense in both our daily drivers and our special interest cars, 

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:05:59 -0400
From: Allan Ballard <aballard at ix.netcom.com>
To: steve wick <srwick at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger's Tires
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I learned my lesson with an Alpine front right blowout. 

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> On Mar 31, 2019, at 6:16 PM, steve wick via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> My cars don't get many miles a year as well, but some of those miles end up being at freeway speeds. I figure I'd rather spend $500 on tires than risk a $50,000 car or my body. I think the recommendation is change them every 7 years, and that's what I do.
> 
> Steve
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> I'm one of those drivers that doesn't put more than a few hundred miles on my MR2 Spyder or will put on the Tiger each year.  I wonder if people with several infrequent use cars change all of their cars' tires every 10 years or less.  Realizing the danger of running old tires particularly at highway speed, are 36 year old BFG TA tires even useable at speeds under 45 MPH?  I should have used the 235/50xR13's more before the Tiger's long layup.
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:58:27 -0400
From: Chris Thompson <chris at cthompson.net>
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Fender damage? I'm sure the old guys among us will remember the case of 
a Tiger owner returning from a show when his tire blew out. The wreck 
was disastrous. His passenger spent the rest of her life in a nursing 
home, I believe.? Lawsuits ensued. 60 Minutes got involved. End result 
of tens of millions of dollars of research and litigation resulted in a 
ruling that said any tire over 5 years old is the owners risk. And that 
risk can be great.

Chris

B382000331

On 3/31/2019 7:11 PM, Rob Hogan via Tigers wrote:
> It was a dumb question when I knew the answer was never to take the 
> chance on tires that old.? It does cause me pain to see tires with 
> only 200 miles of wear go to the recycler especially when their size 
> replacements are no longer available.? But that beats doing fender 
> damage from a blowout.
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> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:16 PM steve wick <srwick at hotmail.com 
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>    My cars don't get many miles a year as well, but some of those
>    miles end up being at freeway speeds. I figure I'd rather spend
>    $500 on tires than risk a $50,000 car or my body. I think the
>    recommendation is change them every 7 years, and that's what I do.
>
>    Steve
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>    I'm one of those drivers that doesn't put more than a few hundred
>    miles on my MR2 Spyder or will put on the Tiger each year.? I
>    wonder if people with several infrequent use cars change all of
>    their cars' tires every 10 years or less.? Realizing the danger of
>    running old tires particularly at highway speed, are 36 year old
>    BFG TA tires even useable at speeds under 45 MPH?? I should have
>    used the 235/50xR13's more before the Tiger's long layup.
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:20:05 -0400
From: Will Seay <Tigers at embarqmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger's Tires
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It wasn't long ago that my Tiger and I were traveling along the interstate
in excess of 70 MPH when I heard a BAM!  My left-rear tire had blown out
and it was completely flat.  I managed to get off the road and take a look
at the tire (photo attached) and found that something had pierced the tread
and come out the sidewall of the tire.  I managed to get the car jacked up
using the stock jack and mounted the spare.  It even had air in it.  The
spare had virtually no miles on it but it was more than 30 years old.  I
completed the drive home, trying to stay below 55 MPH, without mishap.
Just goes to show that it doesn't matter how fresh your tires are, you can
still end up on the side of the road with a bad tire.  The Tiger now has
four new shoes, so I should be good for another 10 years or so.  I'm still
keeping the 30 year old spare though - it's served me well and the new
tires are too fat to fit under the floor in the trunk.

-- 
Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 7:11 PM Rob Hogan via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
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> It was a dumb question when I knew the answer was never to take the chance
> on tires that old.  It does cause me pain to see tires with only 200 miles
> of wear go to the recycler especially when their size replacements are no
> longer available.  But that beats doing fender damage from a blowout.
>
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> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:16 PM steve wick <srwick at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> My cars don't get many miles a year as well, but some of those miles end
>> up being at freeway speeds. I figure I'd rather spend $500 on tires than
>> risk a $50,000 car or my body. I think the recommendation is change them
>> every 7 years, and that's what I do.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Rob Hogan
>> via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 31, 2019 12:52 PM
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>> *Subject:* [Tigers] Tiger's Tires
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>> I'm one of those drivers that doesn't put more than a few hundred miles
>> on my MR2 Spyder or will put on the Tiger each year.  I wonder if people
>> with several infrequent use cars change all of their cars' tires every 10
>> years or less.  Realizing the danger of running old tires particularly at
>> highway speed, are 36 year old BFG TA tires even useable at speeds under 45
>> MPH?  I should have used the 235/50xR13's more before the Tiger's long
>> layup.
>>
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