On 8 September 2011 21:43, cdb wrote: > I saw a US TV program a year or so ago, where after a horrific roadcrash > involving a college kid's father who had just purchased four brand new > tyres for the car so that his son and friend could go on a trip together. > After the death of the two boys, it was discovered that the tyres had > failed at normal speed (30mph or so IIRC) =A0he investigated the selling = of > tyres and it was discovered that many new tyres are actually sold past > their first use date (part of the DOT code). According to Firestone and > Dunlop tyres have a shelf life of 5 years, but many tyre places have stoc= ks > much older than that including car manufacturers. The tyre companies stat= ed > they have a scheme for aged non used tyres to be returned, but apparently > few shops take advantage of it. > > I haven't regoogled the whole story, but I do recall checking my then bra= nd > new Peugeot and found that two of the tyres were just inside the 5 year > from manufacture time frame. > > Colin > -- > cdb, colin@btech-online.co.uk on 8/09/2011 > At one stage I was told it was best not to use tyres straight from the factory as they really needed a year or so to cure properly. Using them too soon was safe, but the tyres wore down much more quickly. This was from an employee of a tyre manufacturing company who was selling me tyres at "mates rates". as he got a big discount RP --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .