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Old 11-23-2009   #7
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Default Re: Buying New Tires

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Originally Posted by ZRWON View Post
Whatever tire you decide to buy make sure you check the date code to make sure it was manufactured within the last 6-12 months. Tires older than that are NOT safe no matter what the sales rep tells you. If you don't know about old tires sold as safe and new and don't know how to read date codes which most always are on inside of tire making it hard to read once mounted, go to this site
http://www.aa1car.com/library/tire_expire.htm
It may save your life
Thanks, I'm well aware of it. They are about 1 year old and thats fine for me for a daily driver. I could have gotten the fronts from 2009 but it would have been another $20. I just worry about the ones that are on there for a long time. The ones that are on my C5 are the original tires from 2001
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