Do stored tyres perish?

[Jaroon]

Just a quickie. I'm clearing my old mans garage and have found 6 apparently unused tyres that I think I'll chuck on flea bay. The old fella is the wonderful combination of a carbooter and hoarder. I guess these tyres have been in the garage for 10 years plus and will be advertised as such but are they potentially dangerous? They look ok.

[god'sunwantedkid]

Bin.

[jimmyone]

be carefull, rubber deteriorates over time.
is it worth a law suit, over someones death ?

[simon1987]

as long as they were stored ok I wouldnt worry about it.

[hedgefinder]

they will have a date of manufacture on them.

[Frances The Mute]

simon1987 said:

as long as they were stored ok I wouldnt worry about it.

I would.

Tyres contain many chemicals that help prevent their ageing by maintaining elastcity and protection against environmental conditions. However, they will need to go through a few heat cycles for to activate.
Even if a tyre has been very well stored, the chances of internal separation are quite high - especially when used for the first time. You may also find that if you did fit them, it will feel like you're driving on wheels made of granite.

In short, it's not worth it.

[kambites]

If you are going to sell them, check the date of manufacture (printed on the side-wall) and clearly state it in the advert.

They'll probably be fine after ten years, but there is a small but significant chance that they aren't.

[Riley Blue]

The question to answer is this: would you put ten year old tyres on your own car?

[Opel-GT]

I always thought there was a 6 year life so Googled it. This was one of the results.

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

Story here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7881296/C...

Edited by Opel-GT on Friday 17th May 18:31

[kambites]

There's nothing special about six years. Plenty of people who don't cover many miles will have tyres over six years old just because they don't wear them that fast, even under constant usage, and they don't seem to be exploding all over the place.

It's just a matter of balancing risk, like almost any other element of driving. A rather harder one to judge than most, though.

[jamieduff1981]

I wouldn't let my wife drive our daughters about on 10 year old tyres - that's for sure.

[Opel-GT]

I wouldn't drive on them life is too precious.

"Car owners must keep their tyres properly maintained. Often, tyres wear out before they get really old so most tyre manufacturers recommend that you replace your tyres after six years even if it does not show evidence of wear yet. They need to remember that the maximum life of car tyres (including the used or unused spare tyre) is ten years."

Quoted from here:

http://whichtyres.com/2012/06/are-your-tyres-too-o...

[Deva Link]

jimmyone said:

is it worth a law suit, over someones death ?

bks (unless he's a tyre retailer by trade).

Plenty of cars will be running far older tyres than that.

[RumbleOfThunder]

I'm not buying that st. The OH took hers to get a puncture repaired, tyre fitter says its over 5 years old and unsafe, sites Michelin catalogue as evidence. Yeah, like tyre fitter monkey and Michelin are just looking out for my OH and pushing her for a new tyre is purely coincidental.

[jamieduff1981]

I wouldn't let my wife drive our daughters about on 10 year old tyres - that's for sure.

[RumbleOfThunder]

jamieduff1981 said:

I wouldn't let my wife drive our daughters about on 10 year old tyres - that's for sure.

Holy repost Batman.