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<DIV>In 1998 I was given a Datsun 510. Being an Autocross car the previous
owner pulled the dash and tossed it. Thankfully he retained the VIN plate. The
car had been off the road since 1982. In 2002 I attempted to register the
car (California). Because there was some doubt the DMV would even accept the
replacement dash (required for the VIN display), I drove the car to the DMV on
the existing 20+ year old tires. Thankfully it was only 1/2 mile
away. The tires were C–50-13’s and if anyone is familiar with
Caldwell tire in Pasadena, CA they were re-caps at that. Needless to say the
compound was as hard as any forklift tire and grip was absolutely limited. So,
no I would not consider the tires usable for anything other than short distance,
one time transport at a slow speed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thankfully I made it to the DMV and back (VIN accepted BTW) and I promptly
replace the tires with 215-50-13 Sumitumo HTR 200’s. Unfortunately after putting
but a few thousand miles on the tires the car has been on Non-Op status since
2008 (Ex-Autocross cars don’t make good daily drivers). Three quarters of the
tread still remains on these 17 year old tires and I see it as “collateral
damage” to the wallet.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tigers@autox.team.net
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">Rob Hogan via Tigers</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 31, 2019 12:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=tigers@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Tigers] Tiger's Tires</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">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.</DIV></DIV>
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