[roadracer311]

Recently, I put 1,800 miles on a "brand new" set of tires that were 15 years old. They came on a 15 year old car that had only 124 miles on it. Other than horrendous flat spots from sitting too long, they were pretty ok. I drove them as hard as I've driven any tires. Not the absolute best traction I've experienced, but not the worst either.

I think most of the stories that get blamed on bad tires, are actually caused by under-inflation or bad driving, or both.