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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
I would be cautious with any tire more than ten years old, regardless of how it has been stored.
We recently had a customer with Continental tires just over 15 years old with 65-75% tread left on a car that is stored in an environmentally controlled and totally dark garage and rarely used. We recomened he change out the tires due to age during a state inspection, which he did for some new Michelins. One of my techs took the two rear tire take offs to run on his track car because they were in such good shape. About two and half laps in, both of the take offs failed, both throwing off their treads.
Age matters in tires.
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True, but tracking is a whole different animal than city driving at 45 MPH. I did a PCA event and we had to make sure our tires were 3 years old or newer.
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Last edited by piper6909; 04-06-2025 at 07:28 AM.
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