I saw a US TV program a year or so ago, where after a horrific roadcrash=20
involving a college kid's father who had just purchased four brand new=20
tyres for the car so that his son and friend could go on a trip together.=20
After the death of the two boys, it was discovered that the tyres had=20
failed at normal speed (30mph or so IIRC)  he investigated the selling of=20
tyres and it was discovered that many new tyres are actually sold past=20
their first use date (part of the DOT code). According to Firestone and=20
Dunlop tyres have a shelf life of 5 years, but many tyre places have stocks=
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much older than that including car manufacturers. The tyre companies stated=
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they have a scheme for aged non used tyres to be returned, but apparently=20
few shops take advantage of it.

I haven't regoogled the whole story, but I do recall checking my then brand=
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new Peugeot and found that two of the tyres were just inside the 5 year=20
from manufacture time frame.

Colin
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