Date:         Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:45:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Tires: how to tell how old they are
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Heck yes this is important info on the age of tires!

My wife, some years back, went to Sears to buy tires for her Honda. The
tires never were right, didn't seem to balance or stay balanced, hard time
to get the allignment right as well.

No proof but I wonder if they were just old tires.

In the mean time, we replaced all 4 tires and the car if working perfectly
again.

Makes me wonder.


----- Original Message -----
From: "aatransaxle" <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Tires: how to tell how old they are


> Man oh man..Mine say 107 and 117...over 10 years old...Time to write a ck
to
> The Depot of Busses I guess..
> Thanks Larry...never knew...
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> (425) 788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
> 86 SyncroWesty..Happy the Camper
> Zetec in the trunk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Tires: how to tell how old they are
>
>
> >> I purchased set of Hankook RA08 in 6/08 dated 4/2008.  Glad I
> >> saw that dating info online. My previous Michelins(which blew
> >> sidewall) were only 18mos old.(but dated 3 years old).
> >
> >
> > It all comes down to inventory turnover. Tires that meet Vanagon specs
are
> > lousysellers, not just for tire dealers (online or brick-and-mortar) but
> > also for the wholesalers they buy from. The Vanagon tires are the ones
in
> > the far reaches of the warehouse under the cobwebs, since almost no
> > vehicle
> > still on the road takes them. Maybe you'll get the older ones sitting on
> > that shelf, maybe you get the newer ones.  It's a crap shoot.
> >
> > Our turnover on Vanagon tires is tremendous. Far from an afterthought,
> > they're by far our best selling tires.  In fact I have been told that we
> > are
> > the largest single retailer of Hankook RA08's in the country.  We
> > typically
> > get them within weeks of when they reach the U.S. from the factory, and
a
> > month later they're already gone and new inventory is on its way.
> >
> > http://busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp
> >
> > - Ron Salmon
> >  The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >  www.busdepot.com
> >  (215)  234-VWVW
> >
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