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Tires: How old is too old?

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volvo gt

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I found this old brand new Michelin tire on a metal Volvo wheel. The JY employee charged me for a spare so I got out for under $20 with the steel wheel.

I wonder if tire age is a problem when we use older tires?

It's a Michelin Agilis 61 (185 R14c)

Thanks for any response..
 
what is the date code on the tire?

While you can run 6-10 year old tires myself personally I would not run any new tire that is more than 5 years old even if never mounted.
 
Determine age by code/s.

Dismount the tire from rim... flex the sidewall all way around (both sides) Eyeball it closely for dry rotting cracks. If dry rotted just a tad and not to cords I'd not run it over 45 mph. No spirited driving either.

If dry rotted/crack to where you can see the cords in sidewall toss it if you value yours/your family's safety.
 
JohnMc said:
When it rains it will be veeeeery sketchy.
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IDK they're actually really pretty nice tires wet or dry.

:e-shrug:

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Not worth your life over, if the tire is old and/or dry rotted

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That's a lot of air
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Ride it fool, my tire sets
Years: 14,12,10,95 and and 13

14.10 and 95 are on currently driven cars

14 on lifted wagon, 10 on 744, 95 on the dd 745
Them damn tires have almost 20 winter seasons on them, still around 4/32 So ill retire them to spares this summer
But then ride smooths, rubbers a little hard

The car with 2014 tires is the one the kids ride in

Wife's car has 4 different dates
 
93Volvo240 said:
By sketchy he means fun.
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Heh... The tires on the PV are about 11 years old. Plenty of tread, but no longer fresh... at all. They're definitely easy to slide around on dry pavement now, but they're to the point that they're more dangerous than fun in the wet. There's just not a lot of weight on the rear end of a PV, and any throttle at all and they just spin. Get on the brakes a bit harshly in the wet and it just slides and slides, with very little perceptible slowing.
 
JohnMc said:
Heh... The tires on the PV are about 11 years old. Plenty of tread, but no longer fresh... at all. They're definitely easy to slide around on dry pavement now, but they're to the point that they're more dangerous than fun in the wet. There's just not a lot of weight on the rear end of a PV, and any throttle at all and they just spin. Get on the brakes a bit harshly in the wet and it just slides and slides, with very little perceptible slowing.
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Damn, we need to post this in that kids drift thread! The cheapest way to drift your NA 240 is to let your tires get 11 years old.
 
It's all good until it fails. Then it is "Why the F did I use this tire?"

It may be good to inspect it as Smokeyfan suggests. Maybe Ken could do something with it?
 
My Rabbit had some old Michelins that both exploded at sub 25MPH speeds doing nothing extreme.

One went with a bang on my cop car at 85 or 90, luckily was a rear.

I think its worst if you have one ply sidewall, I've seen truck/bus tires be fine 20 years old.
 
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