It's all about the tourists, but not the foreign ones.

[caspernz]

At least no ones mentioned nitrogen filled tyres yet.... *runs away from thread*

Haha, that prank only works on those who don't know the air we breathe in is around 80% nitrogen. Proper dry nitrogen works in tyres, but the cost/benefit analysis doesn't stack up for road use

[caspernz]

Thanks for the tyre age reminder, got 4 xx11s in my fleet, the ones on my project bike certainly look in better nick than those on my car.

Even if your tyres read XX11, doesn't automatically mean they go to the bin, just be mindful to check their condition.

[Graystone]

Even if your tyres read XX11, doesn't automatically mean they go to the bin, just be mindful to check their condition.

Well according to the big C, parking wardens will be putting my car on blocks and throwing the hoops on the local tyre fire when they see those numbers... Yeh the bikes ones will be fine, not plasticy and no cracking, the car's are getting a bit past it though with some minor cracking around the sidewalls and treadblocks...

[Viking01]

I agree with you about when the back tire squares off it impairs handling but as I dont corner like Rossi I find it managable until the tread depth is longer WOF compliant.

You are just such a star !

Does this explain your ability to just keep going in circles ?
Over and over again ?

Heaven forbid that you ever need to brake hard in a straight
line on your marginal squared-off tyres ?

Or do you just lean over a little, and brake using the shoulder
of the tyre where there is a little more tread ?

You know, you're wasted and unappreciated here on KB. You really
should look at getting funding to start your own riding school.
Just a thought for 2018.

[Jeeper]

So 15 years is ok if no cracks are showing? Some on here will be spooked though and have possibly already got their new tyres fitted after reading about the recommended limit of 6 years on tyres.

And those people will be much safer for everyone on the road.

[caspernz]

Well according to the big C, parking wardens will be putting my car on blocks and throwing the hoops on the local tyre fire when they see those numbers...

Well as long as they take the hoops off the car before lighting them up...

[Moi]

Well as long as they take the hoops off the car before lighting them up...

Might solve a problem...

[caspernz]

So 15 years is ok if no cracks are showing? Some on here will be spooked though and have possibly already got their new tyres fitted after reading about the recommended limit of 6 years on tyres.

If you've managed to get tyres to last 15 years on a car, my first thought is why do you have the car? But I'd be dubious about a 15 yr old tyre personally, regardless of how it looks externally.

And those people will be much safer for everyone on the road.

No doubt about that!

Might solve a problem...

For a minute I thought you'd got hold of some Ford Exploder, err I mean Ford Explorer, action footage.

[Swoop]

Not everyone is made of intelligence, which explains why I am in the minority too.

Corrected that post for ya.

[eldog]

But I'd be dubious about a 15 yr old tyre personally, regardless of how it looks externally.



No doubt about that!



For a minute I thought you'd got hold of some Ford Exploder, err I mean Ford Explorer, action footage.

I would be dubious about 15 yr old tyres’ personality too.

your not the first person I have heard referring to Ford Exploders

[jasonu]

NZ driving conditions are different. It was a combination of heavy vehicle, lighter tyres and US driving conditions.

Which actually raises another important point, people overloading tyres and fitting passenger tyres on heavy SUVs. I run mud LT tyres on my Jeep, passenger tyre would not last long. So why take a chance. I know muds will reduce my braking, so drive to the conditions.

I've got 2 2000 Exploders, LT all season tires on both, haven't had one roll over or any other tire related issue but I do regularly check the pressures and rotate them at every oil change.

[Kickaha]

NZ driving conditions are different. It was a combination of heavy vehicle, lighter tyres and US driving conditions.

It was related to tyre pressure and heat although the Decatur plant certainly had problems, the majority of failures were in the States with a hotter climate and with the low pressure specified heat build up was a problem

That same tyre was used on other vehicles with none of the failure problems the Explorer had, Explorer 26psi which is unheard of in a vehicle that size, other vehicles (Ranger)ran 36psi

In NZ we ran 36psi and a cooler climate, Ford here were recommended to use another Firestone product but they declined and the end result was just a heap of punctures due to the lighter construction of the OE fitment

[SVboy]

I just got back from a 2200km tour down south, touching all the tourist driving black spots. Mckenzie, Kawarau gorge, Milford Sound,Catlins, Roxborough, Haast pass etc. Did not have a single moment APART from 2 dickhead kiwi drivers in the same queue traveling down the Glacier hiway. Both pulled out to pass at the same time with oncoming traffic ( me) and not enough space. They were forced to both push their way back in. I was suprised by the adequate standard of driving by the tourists but in perspective the weather was perfect and roads in good order. I always felt vulnerable on the Milford road despite its good order and heavy signage, one bad call by them or me and we would have been bonnet ornaments on a rental Corolla!

[BMWST?]

So how many deaths and serious injuries occur each year because a car has aged only tires? No such crashes have made the news media that I have heard of? With the law of probability you are far more likely to get run over by a bus than get hit by a car with aged tires. Maybe you would like all the parking wardens to give tickets for tires over 6 years old as well as for expired reg and WOF. I am sure the councils would love the increased revenue generated by your suggestion.

they dont tell us such things.Even if it only one its too many.Any report the someone"lost control" could be an old tyre issssue.Any "blowout" will most likely be an old tyre issue.
Old tyres are real and dangerous,as already demonstrated here with the stories of trailers etc with shredded tyres.I would say that it is ussually trailers etc as most cars will wear out the tyres before becoming too old.
Would you serously ride a new to you motorbike with tyres that could be 15yrs old on a long ride at open road speed.?

[Woodman]

they dont tell us such things.Even if it only one its too many.Any report the someone"lost control" could be an old tyre issssue.Any "blowout" will most likely be an old tyre issue.
Old tyres are real and dangerous,as already demonstrated here with the stories of trailers etc with shredded tyres.I would say that it is ussually trailers etc as most cars will wear out the tyres before becoming too old.
Would you serously ride a new to you motorbike with tyres that could be 15yrs old on a long ride at open road speed.?

He would ride the bike because it is not illegal therefore any accident caused by the tyre would not be his fault.