Hi Chris,
sadly I knew that ;-), but as the car was hardly being used (300Kms per
year - because of tyres and cambelt) and I never drove it fast during
that time - the money priorities were concentrated on the house. It
wasn't until I had new tyres and cambelt changed that I once again I
drove it like it was designed ;-).
But I believe they are right, the rubber does really deteriorate grip
wise with age whether its 6 years though I am not sure (I mean look at
sell by dates ) - as to safe maybe not if you were unaware of the fact
that they may offer reduced grip, etc but they had plenty of tread and
stopping distances seemed fine at the reduced speeds I drove it at.
I am not sure if I will get new winter tyres for it this year or just
not drive it, - that will depend on this years bonus - but the newer
landy has heated seats and windscreen so hopefully it gets warmer than
last year when on a typical winters day I left home with the inside
temperature showing -10 and it was up to -3 by the time I got to work ;-)
IanW
Loved your holiday pics BTW
On 21/09/2010 11:59, Chris Barker wrote:
> Tyres over 6 years old, are I believe, unsafe to use, Ian. This might be
> merely a story put about the the tyre industry in the UK, but that was the
> last I heard; it was supported by the motoring agencies . . .
>
> Chris
> On 21 Sep 2010, at 08:30, SwissPace wrote:
>
>> With winter tyres age is also important (probably also for summer
>> tyres), my Audi has the original set of winter tyres I bought when new,
>> and they were brilliant coupled with the 4wd when new, for example I
>> went on a skiing trip with pals to arosa and had no problems at all, all
>> the others in the party had to stop and put chains on. Now however they
>> still have plenty of tread but are 9 years old and are useless in the
>> snow, I guess the rubber hardens over time. As an aside I swapped the
>> summer tyres which lasted 8 years last year, (it costs over an E-5 a
>> set) and that transformed the car - but thats another story.
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