Originally Posted by AZjeff
No myth, happens in the SW all the time, not so much in Ct where the OP lives. Remember Nick's frame of reference is Phoenix. Anyone running 10 year or older tires here is asking for trouble. Back East most people don't know and don't care how old their tires are, when they wear out replace them. Here I won't buy tires over 6 months old.
Yeah, I know. It's the UV that really kills them. But not everyone lives in the desert, but if that becomes common knowledge fewer tires will be sold. So that leaves us to parrot marketing garbage so we can virtue signal here on BITOG.
Old tires are probably going to be found on a car that isn't driven much. Being that it isn't driven much, the tire pressures could be low. Someone hops in it and takes it for a nice highway rip and boom, blowout from under-inflation. How likely is this to happen as opposed to a car that is driven regularly but not far enough to beat the clock on the tires?