Greetings all....
a ' friend ' sent me this one.... it's a 20/20 special developed by ABC
about how
'tire stores' are selling aged tires as 'brand new'. 'Aged' according
to ABC
news and the ' activists' are tires over 6 years old. Like most other
20/20
'pseudo' do***entaries... there is a complete lack of information from
qualified
experts... in this case tire engineers.
So, an obvious question based upon their (agenda), is, if tires have a
shelf life of 6 years... then I would logically expect that during an
annual
safety inspection...any tire older than 2002 would have to be rejected by
the inspection station as being 'unsafe' due to age.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
I guess I'm looking for 'knowledgeable' opinions about whether tires
actually
do have a shelf life, or storage life (when stored correctly) and
whether tires
on cars should be replaced after a certain 'time' rather than 'mileage'.
How much of this story...in your opinion, is typical 20/20 alarmist B.S.
and
how much of it is factual.
Peter
