<div dir="auto">Yes, that was my point, Bill. Just something to be aware of. ... the difference between new-to-you and NEW.  </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 3:27 PM <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net">Wbeech@flash.net</a> <<a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net">wbeech@flash.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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. <div><br></div><div>NFI,</div><div>Bill<br><br><div id="m_4157062982604992409AppleMailSignature">Sent from my Apple II+</div><div><br>On Jul 3, 2018, at 11:19 AM, David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">Thanks, Randall. An interesting read.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">What we also need to keep in mind is that the "new" tires purchased </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">online or at your local tire shop might already be a year (or more?) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">old by the time you receive them! Not many shops [can] tell you the </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">age of the tires in their inventory when you are buying<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> and, for that </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">matter I'm guessing, not many of us even think to ask</span>

..</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">This is like shopping at your local supermarket and checking for "best </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">by" dates.... Caveat emptor....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099">Dave</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:#000099"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 11:37 AM Randall <<a href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
FWIW, I found a slideshow on the NTSB website that some might find<br>
interesting:<br>
<a href="https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Documents/2014_Tire_Safety_SYM_Panel_4b_Kane.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Documents/2014_Tire_Safety_SYM_Panel_4b_Kan<br>
e.pdf</a><br>
<br>
-- Randall<br>
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