Tires 6 years or older can kill you.
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Tires 6 years or older can kill you.
Really interesting, I've never heard of that. I'll have to check the date on my tires. I didn't know they were so unreliable! Only lasts 6 years?? Pathetic! Sounds like more technology suppression. What about ****ing silicon tires for extra strength and longevity?
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http://www.rense.com/general82/timeb.htm
Please watch vid too at the bottom of this link.
http://www.rense.com/general82/timeb.htm
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I saw this one a dateline special, but that was almost a year ago...
Anyways, sucks to find out that your brand new tires have been sitting on a shelf for 12 years.
Anyways, sucks to find out that your brand new tires have been sitting on a shelf for 12 years.
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That's just insane! Once I was confident in my tires, but now I gotta say that the general design is flawed. I'm sure they could easily come up with a tire that lasts, on the shelf, indefinitely.
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and this is a gross eggageration, its not anywhere near this bad, ive been working with tires for 6 years now, and never seen this happen, even on 3 digit tires, dont beleive everything u read. many of our used tires go to mexico, where they get reused
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What's the other half of the battle? Running into bullets to advance the NWO?
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Yeah but I would never buy tires older than 2 years old, and I would make sure that they are made the same year. I saw a Mitsubishi SUV down in sacramento recently with a blown tire. I thought maybe he over inflated without a psi gauge (a lot of people do that at first thinking they can eye ball it). But maybe it had something to do with the tread ripping off...
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i hate my tires lol. fuzion ftl! and yea rubber gets old over time. tread design and compound makes a big difference. my car used to handle like bmw, now its more like pontiac lol. tires affect almost every aspect of how the car drives even braking and acceleration.
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well at least i dont push my car as hard to try and save gas now, so its not a huge deal. but there are times when it cant even make a corner without starting to slide lol. theyre not as bad as firestones, but not great either.
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also, i had a tire completely blow out on my old car (87 jetta) on the freeway going 65mph and i was driving on rim. i did not lose control at all and it just felt like the car was losing power and shaking. i was able to signal to the exit ramp and safely coast to the stop light and pull over. so idk, i guess it depends how it happens.
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also, i had a tire completely blow out on my old car (87 jetta) on the freeway going 65mph and i was driving on rim. i did not lose control at all and it just felt like the car was losing power and shaking. i was able to signal to the exit ramp and safely coast to the stop light and pull over. so idk, i guess it depends how it happens.
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also, i had a tire completely blow out on my old car (87 jetta) on the freeway going 65mph and i was driving on rim. i did not lose control at all and it just felt like the car was losing power and shaking. i was able to signal to the exit ramp and safely coast to the stop light and pull over. so idk, i guess it depends how it happens.
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yeah i know. cause i see skidmarks all the time on freeways where they lead into a ditch or divider. its scary stuff and i always replace my tires early. i am gonna check when my tires were made now.
spare tire was made in 2001, which i guess means it was new since my car is a 2002. my fuzion tires i bought in january this year were made in 2007. that stamp was on the front of both tires too btw.
spare tire was made in 2001, which i guess means it was new since my car is a 2002. my fuzion tires i bought in january this year were made in 2007. that stamp was on the front of both tires too btw.
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wow my last set of turanzas lasted almost 50k miles and i wasnt being easy on them either. the only reason i replaced was one front tire was at the tread limit, others were still fine.
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