<VV> Old tires

[jimster1]

Me and our entire family (wife + five kids) were almost killed in a wreck
caused by old, but new appearing tires that failed.  The lady that almost
killed us bought them from an Arizona taxi company that got them from
F...stone to test on their fleet.  They let 'em sit around for a while and
then sold them.  The one that nearly got us was the third blowout of the
four tires that she got.  You'd think that it would have dawned on her that
the tires were dangerous after the second one popped.
Jim

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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Grant Young
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:26 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Old tires

Just read in the AAA travel magazine that the safe life on tires, regardless
of mileage, is about 6 years. Seems the loss of ozone has not lessened its
ability to deteriorate rubber. Article says that the effects can not always
been seen. My daughter has some personal experience with some 10-12 year old
SUV tires. Two of them came apart on two different occassions, so she
replaced them (not Firestones and with more than half the tread life) before
the other two failed. I guess that also means we should be wary of using our
regular spare tires which are usually stored for many years? 
Grant


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