Car Tyres 10 Years old

[Jumpingjackflash]

Hello I have just bought a Ferrari F355 with tyres ten years old. They look ok but I have been advised they are illegal. Before I contact the dealer I want to understand what the Law is please?

I contacted local tyre companies but they are unsure because they don't see many cars with 10 year old tyres that are mostly garage queens.

The internet has more information regarding commercial vehicles and the law with 10 year old tyres.

[steveo3002]

more not recommended than illegal

[stuckmojo]

Having looked into this today, it looks like there's recommendation, not legal requirement.

[Pica-Pica]

Why drive a Ferrari with 10 yo tyres?

[sherman]

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid. Plus you know its ready for summer then

[FilH]

Is this not standard Ferrari etiquette to pay £1000s in servicing, but run 10year old plus tyres?

[samjlevy]

Pica-Pica said:

Why drive a Ferrari with 10 yo tyres?

I think OP is trying to ascertain if the dealer should have put new tyres on the car when purchasing.

[steveo3002]

low power hatchback for running to the shops...id let em wear out

valuable fast car...replace em

[Master Bean]

sherman said:

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid. Plus you know its ready for summer then

More like £1k.

[kambites]

Given that it's a Ferrari, it will probably have been stored indoors away from UV, in which case they're almost certainly fine... but it is "almost certainly" good enough?

Even if they're fine in terms of safety, they probably wont have as much grip as they would have when new.

Edited by kambites on Monday 4th April 14:07

[The spinner of plates]

It's not illegal if condition and tread depth would pass an MOT.

But I'd replace them on the grounds of improved driving experience and to a degree safety when pushing on.

[Panamax]

sherman said:

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid.

Somebody's in optimistic mood today!

In the meantime I'm willing to bet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cars on UK roads with 10-year old tyres.

[sherman]

Panamax said:

sherman said:

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid.

Somebody's in optimistic mood today!

In the meantime I'm willing to bet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cars on UK roads with 10-year old tyres.

You dont buy and run a ferrari to worry about the price of consumables.
Im sure you could get £500 tyres but you wouldnt want them on a ferrari.

[Monkeylegend]

Be very careful

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[PH User]

sherman said:

Panamax said:

sherman said:

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid.

Somebody's in optimistic mood today!

In the meantime I'm willing to bet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cars on UK roads with 10-year old tyres.

You dont buy and run a ferrari to worry about the price of consumables.
Im sure you could get £500 tyres but you wouldnt want them on a ferrari.

Not much piece of mind then lol

[sherman]

PH User said:

sherman said:

Panamax said:

sherman said:

4 new tyres. Piece of mind for £500 or so quid.

Somebody's in optimistic mood today!

In the meantime I'm willing to bet there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cars on UK roads with 10-year old tyres.

You dont buy and run a ferrari to worry about the price of consumables.
Im sure you could get £500 tyres but you wouldnt want them on a ferrari.

Not much piece of mind then lol

Compared to 10 year old tyres with unknown issues even a £500 set of new tyres would be better but buying the correct tyres first time will save you in the long run.
I also had no idea how much ferrari tyres were and was just basing the £500 off of my recent purchase of 4 19" tyres.

[sparkythecat]

If it’s on 18” rims, a set of Michelin Pilot Sports for instance would be about £700.
Cheaper brands are available.

[InitialDave]

Echoing the "not illegal, but bad idea" others have said.

Looks like a full set of, for example, Michelin PS4 would be £576 from Black Circles, and they have 15% off those today, so £490. Based on 225/40R18 and 265/40R18.

[Vince70]

Can’t you get a set of part worns from the scrappy or some nice new landsail tyres for the motor.

I once bought a BMW E36 on 15 year old Pirelli tyres and the car was a death trap even on the straight it would snap out so no way would I risk running a Ferrari on hard old rubber.

[TO73074E]

I wouldn't risk it on a Civic let alone a Ferrari no matter what the law is. Just change them.