Tread Wear!
Fri, 11/21/2008 - 8:14pm
 |
15 years
|
Thanks to iceman2k4 for the info on tires.
I am not sure if you are also aware of tread wear number. You will see a tread wear number on the tire that ranges from 200 to 695. The marking usually will indicate that for each 100 it represent 1 year of tire wear. For a tread wear of 600 it would last 6 years.
I hope this is informative.
Cheers and by the way Iceman was a Canadian Kickboxer Champion for years. 
Tread wear numbers
I am not sure if you are also aware of tread wear number. You will see a tread wear number on the tire that ranges from 200 to 695. The marking usually will indicate that for each 100 it represent 1 year of tire wear. For a tread wear of 600 it would last 6 years.
I hope this is informative.
Cheers and by the way Iceman was a Canadian Kickboxer Champion for years.
I don't know where you got this piece of misinformation, but that's not what a treadwear number indicates. Here is the official explanation from the US Government's website:
Treadwear grades are an indication of a tire's relative wear rate. The higher the treadwear number is, the longer it should take for the tread to wear down.
A control tire is assigned a grade of 100. Other tires are compared to the control tire. For example, a tire grade of 200 should wear twice as long as the control tire.
http://tinyurl.com/6myves
ɐ‾nsǝɹ Just one click away from the end of the Internet
More info............
Another article from Tirerack.com
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=4...
Bob G. Nuvi 750
Tires
You should also be aware of the date of manufacture. This is marked on the inside of the tire. Some tires have set on the rack for nine or ten years and have caused dangerous situations. Have a dealer show you the date of manufacture so you know.
John_nuvi_
Tire wear and age
There was a very good 20/20 story on the age code. ALOT of big places were selling tires as 'new', but were really 6+ years old. Many people have died due to blown tires while driving. Bottom line: Just because your tread looks new does not mean the tire is. (rubber drys out over time)
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4813029&page=1
nut shell on code:
Look at your tire. On the inside or sometimes outside you will see the DOT and numbers. At the end is the age code.
some examples:
418 = 41st week in 1998.
They added a 0 for 2000+. ie: 4108 would be 41st week in 2008.
If you have any tires over 6 years, you are best to get new ones. If you do get tires, look at the date code when they install the tire.