[Chrysler300] Tires Tires Tires-Round and round we go

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Don't you think the 5-year warning is part lawsuit-induced CMA, part
marketing and a very tiny part technology that may or may not apply to any
particular tire?  Certainly rubber compounds change over time and these
changes are impacted by time exposed to sunlight, ozone, heat and everything
else in the environment.  But it is the cords that hold the tire together.
If they are broken or deteriorated by chemical change, all bets are
off--regardless of mileage.

I seem to recall that some club member is still running an original set of
8.00x15 Goodyear BlueStreaks on an early lettercar.

No warranty expressed or implied here.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300 (Still riding on a 16-year old set of Remington L-78 x
15's--low mileage, crack free and 3" WSW's clean up fair)

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of lettercars@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:25 AM
To: c300lover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Tires Tires Tires

 
Hi All:
And I was actually thinking about taking the "F" for a little drive  today!

How silly of me!  Sorry, but I don't have any car  (other than our '06 PT) 
that has tires newer than 5 years old.  Oh, just  remembered---the "F" does
have 
bias old tires, so maybe I get a couple "safety  points" for that.   The "H"

is in even worse shape.  "Old" radial  tires on original rims!  Better keep 
BOTH these babys in the  garage.    
300ly, Gil
Tallahassee, FL (The weather is not all that nice for a cvt. ride today  
anyway.)
 
In a message dated 2/14/2007 1:30:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
c300lover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Those  that get Old Cars weekly may have notice the reader question
regarding 
the  safety of old tires and when to discard. Answer from the tire 
manufacturers is  5 yrs regardless of mileage. The theory is that the
vulcanization 
process is  thought to continue beyond the mold resulting in chemical
changes in 
the  rubber such as hardening and brittleness making them prone to
cracking.





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