09-12-2024, 07:33 PM
To me, the whole thing about throwing away tyres due to age is a minefield thwart with problems.
It is all so vague, but if we are to replace tyres at ten years old then anything over maybe 3 months old needs to be at a discounted price. To buy tyres that are already over two years old is not good. Far from good. Stored in a cool dark room makes little difference, you can still only use them for less than 8 years before you are expected to replace them.
Most customers have no way of knowing how old tyres are when purchased. That is wrong.
I have 4 new tyres on the seven, but the spare is about 14 years old. My other Austin has tyres that look like knew, but are probably around 15 years old. One of our modern cars has 2 tyres that are maybe 14 years old, but they still pass the mot.
It's all a nonsense.
It is all so vague, but if we are to replace tyres at ten years old then anything over maybe 3 months old needs to be at a discounted price. To buy tyres that are already over two years old is not good. Far from good. Stored in a cool dark room makes little difference, you can still only use them for less than 8 years before you are expected to replace them.
Most customers have no way of knowing how old tyres are when purchased. That is wrong.
I have 4 new tyres on the seven, but the spare is about 14 years old. My other Austin has tyres that look like knew, but are probably around 15 years old. One of our modern cars has 2 tyres that are maybe 14 years old, but they still pass the mot.
It's all a nonsense.