Check your tires! Options

[elvasoshexai]

saw this a while ago:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

always heard tires hv a lifespan but nvr really bothered to check... i think i should check now

[Valo666]

that code is a DOT #. It included the production date, and manufacturing plant aswell as batch #. the numbers they say to look at is the production date.

EDIT: if you read through the article, it doesnt say they expire..it says that because of weather, driving conditions, sunlight exposure, usage and storage conditions accelerate the aging of tires..ie cause dry rot, and they RECOMEND gettin your tires inspected every 5 years to make sure they are still in good working condition. It doesnt say they expire, it says exactly what i said b4. Tires dont really expire, but they do age and rot and there are variating factors that will tell how long a tire will last. There is nothing in the article saying that any body says they expire, it just says that in europe, they will refuse tires over 6 years old to be on the road, and that Japan wants tires inspected every 5 years to make sure they are road worthy.

so..once again...TIRES DO NOT EXPIRE BUT THEY DO ROT OUT OVER TIME AND WITH HELP OF ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS BUT TIRES DO NOT!! EXPIRE

This post has been edited by Valo666: Aug 12, 2008 - 1:04 PM

[SlickRick]

that code is a DOT #. It included the production date, and manufacturing plant aswell as batch #. the numbers they say to look at is the production date.

EDIT: if you read through the article, it doesnt say they expire..it says that because of weather, driving conditions, sunlight exposure, usage and storage conditions accelerate the aging of tires..ie cause dry rot, and they RECOMEND gettin your tires inspected every 5 years to make sure they are still in good working condition. It doesnt say they expire, it says exactly what i said b4. Tires dont really expire, but they do age and rot and there are variating factors that will tell how long a tire will last. There is nothing in the article saying that any body says they expire, it just says that in europe, they will refuse tires over 6 years old to be on the road, and that Japan wants tires inspected every 5 years to make sure they are road worthy.

so..once again...TIRES DO NOT EXPIRE BUT THEY DO ROT OUT OVER TIME AND WITH HELP OF ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS BUT TIRES DO NOT!! EXPIRE

How do u mean they dont "expire" of course they do just like any living natural life form the cells in the rubber breakdown and die over time. Even if u kept a tire in a case with perfect conditions even with all the carbon in it it would breakdown over time.