Check your Tires.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by RLFebo

"tires can be dangerous when they get 6 years old"

"I found out the tire was 4 years old when i put it on"

"the family vans tire was 9 years old at the time of the accident"


He didnt change effing tires for 5 effin years and he wants to blame the tire people for his kid dying? How about he check his own effin tires once a year instead of just assuming they were good for 5 years. What a effin moron.

He said they were new tires. But they were manufacturered 5 years ago. Listening goes a long way.

In the shop I work at, we have pamphets and flyers that discuss "Basic Car Care" and "Understanding Tires" that have this information CLEARLY laid out - including tire size, tread wear and speed indicators - but no one ever touches them. Read! Learn! Inform yourself! Its not that difficult to figure this out on your own.

While i do see your point of people should take responsibility when it comes to general care of their car. I bet you that the pamphlet doesn't say anything about how to find the manufactured date.

The point of the news story was to ask questions as to whether tires should have an expiration date. (Which would actually work in the manufacturers favor and sales favors, Economy saver?) Put a 5 year expiration date on a tire and make it so it reads in plain english, That way people will actually do something about their tires and not let them get to bald before changing them. Then it would be alot safer out there because everyone would have good tires. All the old tires that manufacturers would have to recall can be ground up and recycled into new tires.

[Febo]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

He said they were new tires. But they were manufacturered 5 years ago. Listening goes a long way.

Listening does go along ways, he said they were 9 years old at the time of the blow out. Unless that van just sat for the remaining 4-5 years I highly doubt his tread was in any kind of good shape, and I doubt the tires showed no symptoms of dry rotting. He should of checked his vehicle for soundness before he let his son take off in it. Bringing in some sad sappy story about some dudes kid dying because of his negligence just to bring up a point about old tires is pathetic. The exact reason I detest the news stations. Stick to the facts. Should tires have an expiration date, yes, they should, especially if they dry rot and become unstable after 6 years. Should tire sales companies inform customers absolutely. Should the consumer be allowed to be ignorant and not do their own reasearch and then blame someone else for them being stupid. Fuck no. Too many people these days try to pin the blame on a bigger corporation or someone else instead of taking their own responsibility in their own hands.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by RLFebo

Listening does go along ways, he said they were 9 years old at the time of the blow out. Unless that van just sat for the remaining 4-5 years I highly doubt his tread was in any kind of good shape, and I doubt the tires showed no symptoms of dry rotting. He should of checked his vehicle for soundness before he let his son take off in it. Bringing in some sad sappy story about some dudes kid dying because of his negligence just to bring up a point about old tires is pathetic. The exact reason I detest the news stations. Stick to the facts. Should tires have an expiration date, yes, they should, especially if they dry rot and become unstable after 6 years. Should tire sales companies inform customers absolutely. Should the consumer be allowed to be ignorant and not do their own reasearch and then blame someone else for them being stupid. Fuck no. Too many people these days try to pin the blame on a bigger corporation or someone else instead of taking their own responsibility in their own hands.

"I got my vehicle records together and thats when i discovered that the tires that i thought were new, were actually 4 years old when i had bought them."
**Edit** I just realised they said the tires were 9 years at the time of the accident, But regardless if the tires were actually new they would have been within the 6 year expiration. And for people who do not work our tires like we do it can easily work 6 years.