[TR] Tires

[David Friedlander]

Yes, that was my point, Bill. Just something to be aware of. ... the
difference between new-to-you and NEW.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 3:27 PM Wbeech at flash.net <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:

> Agreed Dave, recently while shopping for our common 165/15, I ordered a
> set of Firestone tires through my local shop.  They were four years old, I
> elected not to buy them.  Then ordered a set from Discount tire, they were
> a year old, called the guy back and he adjusted by the cost of one tire,
> win-win.
>
> NFI,
> Bill
>
> Sent from my Apple II+
>
> On Jul 3, 2018, at 11:19 AM, David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Randall. An interesting read.
>
> What we also need to keep in mind is that the "new" tires purchased
> online or at your local tire shop might already be a year (or more?)
> old by the time you receive them! Not many shops [can] tell you the
> age of the tires in their inventory when you are buying and, for that
> matter I'm guessing, not many of us even think to ask ..
>
> This is like shopping at your local supermarket and checking for "best
> by" dates.... Caveat emptor....
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 11:37 AM Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> FWIW, I found a slideshow on the NTSB website that some might find
>> interesting:
>>
>> https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Documents/2014_Tire_Safety_SYM_Panel_4b_Kan
>> e.pdf
>> <https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Documents/2014_Tire_Safety_SYM_Panel_4b_Kane.pdf>
>>
>> -- Randall
>>
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