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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / April 2008What happened to the used tire market?
I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords just to see how long it would last and it finally blew out a couple days ago. Figured i'd buy a used one for 15$ but i can't find any tire store or service station that has any. Used to be you'd see you'd see used tires at lots of places. On Apr 21, 10:39 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords just to > see how long it would last and it finally blew out a couple days ago. > Figured i'd buy a used one for 15$ but i can't find any tire store or > service station that has any. Used to be you'd see you'd see used tires at > lots of places. Fish clock start- 12:47am EDT. ----- - gpsman > I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords just to > see how long it would last and it finally blew out a couple days ago. > Figured i'd buy a used one for 15$ but i can't find any tire store or > service station that has any. Used to be you'd see you'd see used tires at > lots of places. I don't know of any law that prohibits selling used tires, but the practice ha gone from common to uncommon. I suspect that insurance is the biggest deal--dealers don't want to take the risk due to insurance already being sky high. There also a big to-do in the news about a year or two ago about age of the tires being a bigger factor in blowouts than wear. I recall a suggestion that tires be replaced every few years regardless of wear. I know that the RV community is concerned about this given that they have expensive tires that get relatively little use each year. -john-  Signature====================================================================== John A. Weeks III 612-720-2854 john@johnweeks.com Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ====================================================================== > > I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords just to > > see how long it would last and it finally blew out a couple days ago. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > given that they have expensive tires that get relatively little > use each year. I've seen old tyres go porous and fail to hold pressure even though the tread was fine. The side walls looked 'crazed' slightly. Graham >> I don't know of any law that prohibits selling used tires, but >> the practice ha gone from common to uncommon. I suspect that [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I've seen old tyres go porous and fail to hold pressure even though the tread was > fine. The side walls looked 'crazed' slightly. On the other end of the scale, I had a boat trailer tire fail on the way home last summer. Not a catastrophic failure, just started losing air quickly about a block before I got home. Took it in to the tire place to have a new tire mounted on the wheel ($26 including tax and mounting; I love really small tires) and asked the tire monkey what the date code said. Nineteen hundred eighty three. I kid you not. Except where an inch of dry rot on the inner sidewall had let the air out, it still looked like brand new. Even had some nubs left on the sidewalls. Signature~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. ******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant." --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) > . There also a > big to-do in the news about a year or two ago about age of the > tires being a bigger factor in blowouts than wear. I recall > a suggestion that tires be replaced every few years regardless > of wear. That is BS and lies from the tire industry. Next the car industry will want a law that requires you buy a new car every 3 years. And banning tires more than 3 years old would do wonders for the landfill problem. On Apr 22, 12:37 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > That is BS and lies from the tire industry. Next the car industry will want > a law that requires you buy a new car every 3 years. Like in Japan? Dave > On Apr 22, 12:37 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dave What are you talking about?. Do the nips have such a law?? > I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords > just to see how long it would last and it finally blew out a > couple days ago. Figured i'd buy a used one for 15$ but i can't > find any tire store or service station that has any. Used to be > you'd see you'd see used tires at lots of places. You should be locked up for driving such a dangerous vehicle. >> I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords >> just to see how long it would last and it finally blew out a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > You should be locked up for driving such a dangerous vehicle. Nothing dangerous about it since i drive slow. The tire blew out at 45 mph and i just pulled to the side of the road and changed it and was on my way in 15 minutes. On Apr 22, 11:38 am, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords > >> just to see how long it would last and it finally blew out a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and i just pulled to the side of the road and changed it and was on my way > in 15 minutes. The 45 wasn't in a 25 zone by chance, was it? >>> I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed >>> cords just to see how long it would last and it finally blew [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > out at 45 mph and i just pulled to the side of the road and > changed it and was on my way in 15 minutes. Don't be an idiot Davey (I know that's not possible). Of course it's dangerous. Anyone with common sense knows that. You must have been at that pot bash they had in Boulder the other day and are still high. On Apr 21, 10:39 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: Even trollier than usual. 1/10. nate On Apr 21, 9:39 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've been driving the last 6 months on a tire with exposed cords just to > see how long it would last... 6 months? That's 179 days too long. Amazing you didn't murder someone earlier with the unsafe vehicle. >and it finally blew out a couple days ago. And you lived to tell about it. But for the grace of God.... > Figured i'd buy a used one for 15$ but i can't find any tire store or > service station that has any. Used to be you'd see you'd see used tires at > lots of places. In some states the used tires are recycled. Some have used recycled tire material as experimental highway pavement. You should find a decent deal on off-brand new tires. Here's how it will help. It reduces the odds of a blowout leading to an act of murder on the highway. It might triple the value of your beater. It will save you a bit on fuel consumption. At about ten pesos per litre every bit of efficiency improvement adds up. No need to thank me; just glad to be of service. Pleasure doing business with you. RRRiiiiigggggghhhhhttttt!!!! |
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