Tire manufacturer lobbyists burning the midnight oil for a law that makes us buy new tires every x amount of years. LOL
Expired Tires Blamed for Double Fatality
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Nothing stays on my car pass 5 years!
Originally Posted by 555
Tire manufacturer lobbyists burning the midnight oil for a law that makes us buy new tires every x amount of years. LOL
LOL you have won the prize for the Darwin post of the day LOL. LOL
Tire manufacturer lobbyists burning the midnight oil for a law that makes us buy new tires every x amount of years. LOL
LOL you have won the prize for the Darwin post of the day LOL. LOL
Yes, age of tires may of contributed, tire care over the years, inflation, miles on the tires, wear could also contribute. Then we have the faster speeds, driving technique, and no seat belts to consider.
For any lawsuits, may as well start with the tires.
For any lawsuits, may as well start with the tires.
A local news station just had a big story on the safety of big vans. Typically a blow out on any corner and they roll. I found it disturbing they were blaming the vans.. I've seen many a tire on these vans and they don't look good! How much does a church van or one with a similar purpose actually get driven yearly. I'd say not much.
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I replace them after they hit 6 years in two of my cars that get driven infrequently. I think Europe has some limit , I could be wrong.
I bet under inflated tires that are newer are a bigger problem.
I bet under inflated tires that are newer are a bigger problem.
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Never heard of expired tires before. We have tires on our van from 2007 they are great. Tires on the beetle are from 1997 I believe is what the date says. Why replace if they aren’t bad?
I just helped my brother in law put a new set of stabilizers on his F250. He had a bad case of the death wobble after hitting raised pavement coming off a bridge on the interstate.
Sounds to me like an attorney involved is looking for deep pockets—a tire company for the passenger and possibly driver’s death.
Can’t believe some of you guys were unaware of the risks of aging tires. And as stated in the link below, you can’t always tell the condition of a tire just by looking at it.
www.nhtsa.gov
Tires | NHTSA
NHTSA's Tire Wise is your resource to find and buy new tires. Get info on tire maintenance and labeling, aging, fuel efficiency and tire retailers.
Somewhere 6 feet under someone can hear Paul Walker screaming at Roger Rodas about this same subject, although the same is said in disagreement on the actual cause of the accident to this day.
In the case of the accident in this thread, seat belts and or ejection maybe the ultimate cause of fatalities.
In the case I describe below, seat belts were not any way shape or form the cause of any fatalities, but there were still 2 fatalities.
The fact is both of these person's actually were very knowledgeable about the specific vehicle they were driving in, "They Both Had Owned This Very same Vehicle" Not a same as in both owned said same vehicle of same type, Paul Walker and Roger Rodas had both owned the vehicle they both perished in. Paul Walker owned it first, then Roger Rodas owned it after Paul Walker. Roger was giving Paul a "HOT" lap in Paul's EX Porsche. The circumstances were totally different, but the end result seemed to somewhat the same unfortunately.
I give my condolences to the families they all leave behind.
In the case of the accident in this thread, seat belts and or ejection maybe the ultimate cause of fatalities.
In the case I describe below, seat belts were not any way shape or form the cause of any fatalities, but there were still 2 fatalities.
The fact is both of these person's actually were very knowledgeable about the specific vehicle they were driving in, "They Both Had Owned This Very same Vehicle" Not a same as in both owned said same vehicle of same type, Paul Walker and Roger Rodas had both owned the vehicle they both perished in. Paul Walker owned it first, then Roger Rodas owned it after Paul Walker. Roger was giving Paul a "HOT" lap in Paul's EX Porsche. The circumstances were totally different, but the end result seemed to somewhat the same unfortunately.
I give my condolences to the families they all leave behind.
1997? Have you tried rat poison with coffee? Probably better chance than those tires.
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They still have tread left. What would be a reason to replace them? Tires are expensive and they do fine.
Give him a break. He's younger than his tires.
Straight up - 5 or 6 years of exposure to ozone and UV light and the rubber in the tires is weakened. At 10 years, they're not safe any more.
Give this a read:
If you're going to keep several cars, this is a consideration.
There's a member here: Capriracer, who is a tire engineer. This is his blog. http://www.barrystiretech.com/ Awesome source of information on tires. If you ever have a tire question, he IS the man.
An interesting thread on this:
Tire blew out while car was sitting - saw this in my buddy's shop
Today I stopped by to say hi to my friend Bill who owns a shop. Guy brought this tire in that had blow out while the car was sitting in his garage. The car had been sitting, without moving for years. He didn't let the tires get so low that they would squad onto the rim, but they did slowly leak...
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Good to know. Yes having 8 vehicles now we have lots of tires. The tires on the Jeep are from 2012 it’s been sitting since 2014 I guess it will need new ones too.
And you won't run motor oil past 3K miles.
I've ran a few sets of tires that were over 6 years old. I've got a set on one of my cars now that's about 10 years old and have less than 15k miles on them. The car sits in the garage most of the time and isn't exposed to sunlight except when I'm driving it. I do check them frequently for signs of dry rot and I don't run them low on air. I check the pressure in them when I check it in my other cars which is usually at least every couple months and more often in times of huge temperature swings like going from summer heat to winter cold.A couple cycles ago when I went to get my tires rotated on one of my cars they tried to sell me new tires saying the tread was getting low on them. They've been driven about 8k miles since and are still about 3/32nds from the wear indicators. I'm guessing I'll get approximately 15k miles out of them after they said they needed replacing and they probably still won't be down to the treadwear indicators. If I were going to be driving 80-90 MPH on them day in and day out I probably wouldn't run them that long but with most of my driving being in the 40-55 MPH range I feel plenty safe on them until they're near the indicators.
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