I have a hard limit of 5 yrs even if never used and stored properly. After 5 years the molecules that bond everything together have started to break down. Tire may look perfect and balance perfect on install, but failure has already started internally in the tire structure. Each time you drive, the tire heats and cools.. is subject to stresses and those degradations become a failure path. If you get lucky, it just blows out setting in the car park... if you get unlucky....... emmm.. what was it that Clint Eastwood said in that movie???
Grant... AZ... "Where the diesels roam free" On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM, <roger...@comcast.net> wrote: > Fellow listers, > I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I > need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per > year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 > tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, > their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now > they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed > from an SL. > What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? > Thanks and best wishes, > > Roger Hale > Dinnerware Classics, Inc. > Monroe, Ga. > 770-267-0850 > www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) > www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
