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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I run 'em to failure and extract the last possible mile. Sometimes that means blowouts and flats. Sometimes I deem the tire a good candidate for getting a tube if the tread is still deep. Never has it caused anything worse than a minor inconvenience.
I'll have to look for a date code on the wide whites the '59 wears in the spring when I get it out- they have to be 20 years old and their gonna stay on there until they physically can't.
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Drama queens want more regulations:
Just How Dangerous Are Aging Tires?
Got the '59 out- codes must be on the inner sidewalls; couldn't see any on the side with the wide whites.
Edit: Yup, code on the inside: 196, or April 1996- 18 years old. Amazing thing is, they sit outside all summer. After sitting inside all winter they aren't even low on air!
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
On cars its more like 12 years, the side walls just crack so much you wash you car one day and see soap bubbles forming on the side wall. And then you just found that slow leak you have had for a while.
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