Posted by jose bagge on July 09, 2008 at 06:39:08 from (12.161.55.2):
In Reply to: auto tire safety ? posted by bill mart on July 09, 2008 at 01:36:02:
generally speaking, a tire that's been warehoused for 6 years would be far less of a safety issue than a tire that's been mounted and on the ground for 6 years (such as a motorhome tire, which fail often due to age rather than mileage). Frankly, though, it is HIGHLY unlikely that you are going to find "old" tires in a retailer- my stores turn our tire inventory 8 times a year, and we stock 2700 tires /store. Consumers also should be aware that tires are not continuously produced, but produced in production runs of sizes/models- so a tire that's 8 months old could be the "freshest" available for a given size/model. You can get the production date of your tires from the DOT code- last 4 digits are weekweekyearyear (ex 1008= 10th week of 2008).
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