<VV> tire info requested

[Bryan Blackwell]

I should have added the following:

http://autoxer.skiblack.com/tires.html#age

--Bryan

On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:53 PM, <efki at verizon.net> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> To add to that tires made after 1999 have a four digit code. First  
> two numbers are the week it was made. Second two numbers are the  
> year. We had a safety discussion about tires at work today. Part of  
> that said tires older than five or six years (depending on whom was  
> sited) are not safe. This is even if the tread is still good. Has  
> to do with the way the tires are chemically breaking down.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> =====================
> From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> Date: 2008/07/13 Sun PM 04:28:20 PDT
> To: BobHelt at aol.com
> Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>,
>  Fastvair <fastvair at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> tire info requested
>
> Check the other side of the tire.  The date is only molded on one
> side.  Date code is usually in an oval, and right at the end of the
> DOT code.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:15 PM, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I just checked the original tires that came on my 2002 Buick and
>> they  have
>> no such code. Neither does a 185/80R13 Corvair tire I bought
>> earlier this year.
>>
>> So does anyone know if this DOT code is optional or really  required?
>>  Or maybe just a joke like so many internet stories going  around?
>
>