I just saw another ChrisFix video (great guy for people learning maintenance and stuff). This vid was about how to read the sidewall for the age of a tire.
So now I know how to tell how old a tire is and I'm guessing before I even go out to the garage, my tires are old.
ChrisFix said don't buy tires older than 18 months, replace tires older than 6 years and DEFINITELY replace tires older than 10 years.
So my question is, what if the tires spend most of their life in the garage ? Does that extend their life at all or is it time again ? Thank you in advance. ( I am afraid of the answers to come ). $$$$$
10 ft of travel - cool. And tires made of plastic ? Geez ! Thank you both. I will check for cracks. And nice to know that ChrisFix is a good site to follow. I thought he was.
The sun's UV rays do a good job of dry rotting tires.
If stored inside, run em.
And, this is important, if a feller is nervous about his rubber, well, just get out on the back roads and start having some fun putting down some stripes/smoke til you need new tars........
Side note:
Anyone hear of burn out competitions in our country? These competitions are all over the States of course.
Good place to get rid of dry, dated tires.
They are not held to get rid of tires Jim. Just kidding on that one.
One thing we do know is that if it's in Canada, and it's a way to have fun, it will be outlawed here.......
Them Yanks are serious about them though. I mean, they even make special tires for different coloured smoke.
Thank you Pugsy. I had no idea. I often wonder why anyone would waste rubber the way they do just to see smoke. Seeing smoke at a drag strip is neat and I understand the purpose but doing circles in a parking lot just seems stupid to me.
