these are good tires
@ayilar.
there are other brands now so there may be selections worthy. i do know, however, sticking with the brands we each like is important, too.
my problem though? others may feel differently, so i dont wanna start a 'fight".
i find myself "aging out" on tires.
ignoring my $ loses incurred and to come, its buggin me as my retreat (irony - age-related) from the hobby approaches.
i have scrapped "new" 10 year old tires with <500 miles on them. some dry rotted, some not evident of any "rot"-- just old.
other folks drive a 10+ year old tire like a brand new one. to each their own. i aint judgin' others. i just wont do it.
my learning example. i bought a bunch of Firestone pursuit radials (225-235's) 20 years ago. they were five years old,
unused tho, at that time. had to "duke it out", so to speak, at a state police auction with a used tire dealer ... $$$$. I "win" ( turned out "pyrrhic" tho)
i figured climate-controlled storage, cars on jack stands, etc., would save them.
It didnt.
obviously "rotted" ones i pitched. i still drive on others .. police cars .. like my 90 yr-old grandma drives her 1998 Lumina going to church on Sunday. takes a bit of the fun outta it for me.
other tires (OEM-like WW's and RWL's, in particular, on 60's-70's cars that I prefer), not re-popped like Goodyear polysteel radials have been -- $$$$$), i'm gonna have to do same thing -- scrap "new", ancient tires cuz all the stuff I own is 40+ years old.
or, when time to move them to new homes, tell prospectives tire age whether they ask or not. they can factor that into their price/purchase decision should age-based replacement be in their plans.
learned my lesson on batteries .. 10 years ago I scrapped 25 DieHards. couldnt hold charges. i now have 1 battery for every 10 cars, then if they age out, i only buy 1 -- not 10.
