Had some Master Craft crack the sidewalls at 4 years old, complained about them and dealer prorated a new set. Nrxt day an ad in the paper had them on a season special for the same price. Need to check them in the AM as they are 3 years old now.
New tires with older date code
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DT has zero lifts. Their building has an entry door and exit door lined up with each other (front and back of building). Cars are driven in then swing to the left into ~6 spots. The alignment rack was stuck right in the middle of the entry/exit doors.
This is a pretty good pick of the local discount tires. They have 3 stores here, all pretty new, all the same basic footprint. They have a couple bays with the in floor lifts, a couple bays without, and you can see the mezanine in the right of this picture, with all their inventory.
This would be the operating temperature in the rubber, which is higher than what your TPMS is measuring.
I have to side with the OP on this. 2 year old tires are NOT new, they are 2 years old. The standard recommendation is to replace tires every 6-7 years, this being the case, if the tires you just bought are already 2 years old at the time of purchase, you only get 4-5 years of use. This is roughly a third of their useful life, so the tires should be a third less expensive IMO. I have personally not worn-out a set of tires in a long time, I almost always have to replace them due to age, they get hard and dangerous to drive-on when they get old, sometimes in only 4-5 years. Michelins are famous for this.
The stores around here are older designs - nothing like those. Here's what they look like around here. No lifts, just lots of floor jacks ! See the front wheel of the vehicle behind the Dodge ? That's where their alignment set-up is now.