never mounted and never use tires
got winter tires that never mounted and never use but manufactured 2008 can it be still use it??
Sep 16th, 2017 6:01 am
Sep 16th, 2017 7:22 am
Sep 16th, 2017 7:25 am
Sep 16th, 2017 7:26 am
Sep 16th, 2017 8:16 am
This is good advice. Don't cheap out on tires. Is it worth risking your safety to save a few hundred dollars?
Sep 16th, 2017 8:21 am
Sep 16th, 2017 8:22 am
Slash the side wall to make sure they're not going to be resold.
Sep 16th, 2017 8:22 am
Sep 16th, 2017 8:31 am
Sep 16th, 2017 8:32 am
Do not bring them to the tire shop.
Sep 16th, 2017 9:56 am
This, ^^
Sep 17th, 2017 8:33 pm
???ottofly wrote: ↑ This, ^^
If they were properly stored indoors there should be no problem. I have a friend with an 86 Grand National and he's still rolling with the original 31 year old Eagle GT's about 50,000km on them. He also knows someone with a 94 Corvette still running the original Goodyear GS-C's.
Sep 17th, 2017 10:22 pm
What does it matter? The rubber is still 20 and 30 years old. OP asked if he can mount new unused tires that were manufactured 9 years ago and the experts are telling him 'no'. A daily driven tire doesn't last 20 years. Let's assume OP's tires were kept in an enclosed facility just like the tires on a typical classic car. My post was to illustrate that people do indeed use decades old tires and I'm sure they would have no issues doing 4,000 or 20,000km/year. [..]Swswswish wrote: ↑ ???
Those cars are kept as garage queens and get taken out once a month during the summer when there isn't a cloud in the sky, for a few minutes around the block, never going above 60kmh, then back into a garage for another 6 months. Can't compare those tires to a daily driver driven on the highway in all kinds of weather
Sep 19th, 2017 6:43 am
Not true, 10 year old rubber regardless how it stored will not be gripping at all in winter. Unless it's stored in a vacuum but I can assure you they would store them at any open area inside a house or something and the rubber will sure as hell be hard as hell 9 years later.
Sep 19th, 2017 8:55 am
not true what??????JasonCao wrote: ↑ Not true, 10 year old rubber regardless how it stored will not be gripping at all in winter. Unless it's stored in a vacuum but I can assure you they would store them at any open area inside a house or something and the rubber will sure as hell be hard as hell 9 years later.
That's why you never buy used winter tires let alone 9 years old....
Sep 19th, 2017 9:43 am
Lol did i just read you said you drove 20 years of winter on the same tires? ROFL if I see you I had report you to the police for endangering everyone else on the street.cardguy wrote: ↑ not true what??????
my first car was 20 years old with 20 year old rubber....drove it for a whole year...
don't preach BS that someone told you or you read somewhere (see google)....seems like the population in Markham CAN read something somewhere and take it as god.
I am tired of reading BS like this...any REAL WORLD experience???
rubber stored in a heated basement ??...get the eff outta hear!!
I don't want to read what you read...REAL WORLD...I have this ..as do a few others on this site...just like people say cheap tires will kill you...or cheap brake parts will kill you...guys drive 10k a year and been driving 4 years lifetime and you going to offer a lifetime of experience lol...
..thats not a lifetime lol
too many wanna be pro's in here..get REAL world experience NOT google search experience then comment!!! otherwise don't offer wisdom when you haven't lived and don't have any...because you all will be called out!
AND i HAVE NEWS FOR YOU MISTER WINTER DRIVER....ITS THE DRIVER ..NOT THE TIRE IN THE WINTER...
Sep 19th, 2017 9:58 am
JasonCao wrote: ↑ Lol did i just read you said you drove 20 years of winter on the same tires? ROFL if I see you I had report you to the police for endangering everyone else on the street.
Mr 20 years, I have had a Michelle winter tires for just 5 years and the rubber has harder to the point that it just start not gripping at all on snowy condition. Fool 20 year my ass. Now before you said something. I'm talking about winter tires for winter condition driving. I could careless if it's bold tires and you never get any winter.
Sep 19th, 2017 3:50 pm
Sep 20th, 2017 9:30 pm
It was not gripping because they are finished, not because they're 'harder'. In fact, your Michelins were done after the 2nd season when you wore off the initial layer of tread. Today's winter tires are near finished after 2 seasons. The tire manufacturers have inexperienced noobs (with no real word experience) convinced that Blizzaks, X-Ice, G02 all these tires with silica, microcell, walnut even cotton particles give superior grip, which they do for 1-2 seasons max. They have everyone conditioned to replace winter tires for $1000/set every 3 years lol.JasonCao wrote: ↑ Lol did i just read you said you drove 20 years of winter on the same tires? ROFL if I see you I had report you to the police for endangering everyone else on the street.
Mr 20 years, I have had a Michelle winter tires for just 5 years and the rubber has harder to the point that it just start not gripping at all on snowy condition. Fool 20 year my ass. Now before you said something. I'm talking about winter tires for winter condition driving. I could careless if it's bold tires and you never get any winter.
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