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Originally Posted by moaboy
So you are saying that "age" alone will casue a tire to deteriorate even if it is not exposed to the sun etc?
and that my new "spare" at some point ? years (unless I rotate it) will be unreliable even if looks "pristine" on the outside?
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That is correct, there are times when this will pop up in the media about not trusting a 6 year old tire even though it looks now. This I think is one reason the government stepped in and mandated date codes.
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