<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">Andrew,</div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Interesting your Discount Tire store was happy to put the 2009 tires on...their own Web site states the following: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Avenir LT W01_65 Medium1475532', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.88px;" data-mce-style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Avenir LT W01_65 Medium1475532', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.88px;">At Discount Tire, we recommend replacing any tire that is 6 years or more past the date of manufacture, and will not service tires that are 10 years or more past the date of manufacture.</span></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Though your tires were at the 9 year mark they are near the Discount Tire limit.</div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Based on the age of the tires I think you made the right choice by switching them out.</div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Glenn</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard@uprichard.net><br><b>To: </b>"Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, July 2, 2018 7:41:49 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [TR] Tires<br><div><br></div>Thank you to Randall and the 14 others who replied, including the amusing<br>anecdote from Michael Porter about the guy who drove 150,000 miles on tires<br>inflated to 90psi.....<br><div><br></div>Reminds me of my lovely wife who had an 8 year-old Toyota Camry when we<br>met. When I asked her about servicing it, she said "you don't understand:<br>when I bought the car I had done my research on Consumer Reports and this<br>was the most maintenance-free car in its class" When I repeated my question<br>she replied "MAINTENANCE-FREE!!"<br><div><br></div>Turns out the car had done around 60,000 miles with the original oil!<br><div><br></div>But I digress. Tires.... My local Discount Tire were happy to put the<br>2009 tires on the new wheels, but (given my tendency to drive "in a spirited<br>manner"), I instead sold the tires to a local guy with a full disclaimer<br>and bought new.<br><div><br></div>Thanks again for the help and advice !<br><div><br></div>Andrew Uprichard<br>Jackson, Michigan<br><div><br></div>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Randall [mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com] <br>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2018 3:28 PM<br>To: 'Andrew Uprichard'; triumphs@autox.team.net<br>Subject: RE: [TR] Tires<br><div><br></div>> Is there a point at which "new" tires should not be used?<br><div><br></div>Yes, there definitely is a point. Unfortunately, the actual point depends<br>on many variables and the tire makers can't agree on exactly where it is.<br><div><br></div>Last I heard, though, no one recommends mounting a tire that is over 7 years<br>old.<br>https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138<br><div><br></div>> Any issues putting them on a car?<br><div><br></div>I wouldn't put them on my Triumph. Maybe an old beater that I didn't care<br>about. But the last time I had an old tire fail suddenly, it not only<br>ruined the original paint but took off part of the fender as well. The<br>steel belts turned into a giant replica of those "flap wheels" for removing<br>paint and the damage was done by the time I got pulled over.<br><div><br></div>-- Randall <br>56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver<br>71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild<br>71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild <br><div><br></div><br><div><br></div><br>** triumphs@autox.team.net **<br><div><br></div>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/gandcanderson@comcast.net<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>