Tire, how old for use

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Guenter Scholz - 25 May 2005 15:26 GMT

Hello all, I keep eyeing my 'perfect' Pirelly P600 spare that is, however,
over 10 years old. The conundrum is: To use or not to use.

cheers, guenter

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Ben - 25 May 2005 16:06 GMT

You say they're "perfect" so I assume the tread is good.
Have you driven on them and if so how do they ride? As long
as there's no rot or tread separation I think they'd be
safe. But that's just my unqualified opinion..

> Hello all, I keep eyeing my 'perfect' Pirelly P600 spare
> that is, however,
> over 10 years old. The conundrum is: To use or not to
> use.
>
> cheers, guenter

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Tiger - 25 May 2005 20:25 GMT

Don't use it... only as a spare tire for emergency use only. I recently just
swapped an old tire off the spare tire wheel... man! Rubber is so hard...

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Guenter Scholz - 25 May 2005 20:28 GMT

Sorry, should have been clearer. It's the spare tire which has 'never' been
used and was always in the trunk (dark and away from UV etc) - ie. brand new.
I'm told by 'qualified' people that a tire more than 5 years old that has
never had a load on it (ie never installed) is dangerous to use. I 'know'
that a 5 year old tire is perfectly good to use since I've done just that.
The question, though, how about a 15 year old tire.... I'm not sure anymore.

cheers guenter

>You say they're "perfect" so I assume the tread is good.
>Have you driven on them and if so how do they ride? As long
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>> cheers, guenter

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Tiger - 27 May 2005 04:46 GMT

ya... better off putting cheapo new tire on spare than to trust that oldie
tire...

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MTI - 26 May 2005 17:28 GMT

Considering the cost of a new tire, it would be false economy to entrust
your life to a 10+ year old tire, even if it's never been on the road.

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