long life tires

[bluebus86]

I have a problem, my car collection has gotten out of hand, and some cars get driven little each year. I sometimes end up with old rotted tires with little tread usage.

I will be looking for some new tires soon, and figure some tires will have a longer lasting rubber formulation than others, I have seen some few year old tires develop sidewall cracks early, even for garage kept cars.

does anyone here have info on which tires have the best life in terms of deterioration do to time rather than usage?

I would like to buy some tires that will last as long as possible time wise, not mileage wise.

Experiencers anyone????
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[grandpa pete]

Here is something for everyone to think about when they are driving on " OLD " tires

It is illegal to drive a tractor trailer with steering tires older than 5 years

I just bought new 40,000 mile tires for about $50 each because I know I wont be driving that much
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[*Darren]

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The man has a point. RV tires are often decades old and not ridiculously cracked. They do keep them covered to ward off UV rays. They must be doing something else. Maybe just running on old cracked tires.

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[*Darren]

This topic has been beaten to death elsewhere on this site, but I'll come back to this one last time - its your money, your car & your life - but just because a tire "looks good" doesn't mean it is, just because one set of a specific model tire holds up well, doesn't mean much beyond that particular set, so somebody responds that "oh, I have X for 20 years no problems." you're willing to take their word on a sample size of 1? And of course - good luck finding that tire 20 years later unchanged to the point of not being anything like that 20 year old tire - kind of like making the assumption that the 87 Corolla was a "top pick" so the 2014 must be too. Me, I'd ask a tire shop -they might actually know, but likely tell you the same thing (8 years). Average Joe one set at a time, pretty much opinion. Frankly, I'm facing the same issue - my Denman's are aging out, swallowing hard on the fact that I'll be shelling out about $1000 for a set that in 8 years will only have about 12k on them - but it's a fact of life. Except the market is so limited, used tires? Even a set of Nexens (good tire in my book) in stock VW size only runs about $70+ per tire. That's $350 over 10 years if you stretch the 8 years a bit. Good luck,

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[moab762]

Does putting the car on blocks and/or deflating the tires and/or keeping the tires/car garaged help?

[shortride]

That may be a subject that Jay Leno could contribute to. He has lots of cars.
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[gt1953]

Like some of you I have had to purchase new tires cause I just did not want to risk it. Not worth it in the long run.
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[Tim Donahoe]

Tires are like light bulbs. They make them to fail.

There's a light bulb in a Firehouse in California. It was made by a competitor of G/E (Thomas Edison), and it has been burning brightly since 1901 (true story). So they have always been able to make them last longer. But there's more money is a good bulb that only lasts a few years.

People in the U.S. used to buy a new car every 3 or 4 years. Tires back then were bias-ply (garbage, by today's radial standards). So tires only had to last a short while. Tire manufacturers simply had no economic incentive to produce tire rubber that would last past a decade. It's not expected by most consumers--and tire manufacturers don't develope such a product.

Even today, most people don't have a "classic" car in the garage that is driven only a few thousand miles a year. They have cars that they drive 8 to 10 thousand miles a year. And they wear out their tires by driving their cars.

So, why should any tire maker make a longer-lasting tire? They make more money by providing a good tire that will give you, maybe, 40,000 miles (even the ones that say they will last for twice that mileage).

Tim

[pb_foots]

it's not some big conspiracy Tim, that light bulb is an anomaly. Where are the rest of them if they're made so well? it's a combination of never turning it off and the planets being aligned or something when they made it.

Tire companies do not make tires to fail, there is no 100 MPG carb that GM killed, and there is no cure for cancer that drug companies are suppressing.

Rubber gets old and cracks, that's all. Replace your tires when they get old or risk your neck. Feel good that you have so many cars that you don't have to drive them every day. The guy who's buying recaps for his crap box so he can get to work and support his family does not have this problem.

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[Jon Schmid]

If it's worth anything, I am running Nexens on my 356. They have been very good tires at a reasonable price and they will age out before they wear out. The car is driven frequently. I don't care what brand you run, I agree, there is a definite age limit on tires, after that you're risking pulling the pin on the grenade. I'm running original rims so my tire choices are basically the same as yours. I don't know of any "long life" tires and I wouldn't believe the claims anyway. And don't ever buy used tires. False economy.

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