are old tires ok?????

[teacher]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

For the reasons MNBoxster states, the general concensus among tire manufacturers is 10 years for any tire and 6 years for unmounted tires. But it should be noted that this can vary from tire to tire.

http://www.ford.com/en/innovation/safety/resources/tireSafety.htm

Look under "age", Ford has good reason to be cautious about this too.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138

I read that Boxsters eat up tires, but still, I haven't seen why...what I mean is unless you smoke your tires at the get go (and I have) you still have tread, I'm thinking that I have to buy tires eventually on this used and great Porsche, yet why all the clamor about replacing tires? And if so, what are the best tires to buy, knowing that they will soon have to be replaced? (going on this philosophy of tread wear). Thanks