Wednesday, August 27, 2008
This is a 20/20 segment on tires. I didn't know that tires dry out sitting in the warehouse. (I did know that certain gases, like those given off by electric motors, would make rubber brittle.) After about six or seven years, there's a danger of tread separation at highway speeds.
So, one would think there's no problem, since you usually have to replace the tires every few years anyway, right? Wrong. Stores are selling tires as new that are already 10 or more years old. They're unused, but in no way new!
This clip tells you how to find and decode the manufacture date. Now pardon me while I go out and crawl under my car.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Ch_CBgcX_20&eurl=http://videos.komando.
com/2008/08/23/check-your-tires/]
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