Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
If the were free,I'd pass. 1) Rubber deteriorates with age, irregardless of use. 5 years is the recommended limit. 2) They are probably radials and become rotationally biased once mounted and used. Unless the are marked as for direction of rotation you never know how they went on. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:35 PM, roger...@comcast.net wrote: Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com writes: 2) They are probably radials and become rotationally biased once mounted and used. Unless the are marked as for direction of rotation you never know how they went on. I thought that modern radials didn't have this problem anymore. Tire shops tell me I don't have to limit rotation to front/back on the same side as except for certain high performance tread patterns, rotation doesn't matter. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com writes: 2) They are probably radials and become rotationally biased once mounted and used. Unless the are marked as for direction of rotation you never know how they went on. I thought that modern radials didn't have this problem anymore. Tire shops tell me I don't have to limit rotation to front/back on the same side as except for certain high performance tread patterns, rotation doesn't matter. Allan -- And they sell more tires because of this --- -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
Probaly. Big Industry catering to big believers (Not ignorant, just misled). On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:54 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com writes: 2) They are probably radials and become rotationally biased once mounted and used. Unless the are marked as for direction of rotation you never know how they went on. I thought that modern radials didn't have this problem anymore. Tire shops tell me I don't have to limit rotation to front/back on the same side as except for certain high performance tread patterns, rotation doesn't matter. Allan -- And they sell more tires because of this --- -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Tire Age
Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
I would not buy them. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 30, 2011, at 5:35 PM, roger...@comcast.net wrote: Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
Depends on the price. If they are cheap enough I would run them and just keep an eye out for defects. Mike On Nov 30, 2011 5:35 PM, roger...@comcast.net wrote: ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
If your driving doesn't take you too far from home, probably worth the risk. How long were they in use on the SL? If they were mounted for three years or longer, I'd pass, but if only used for a season then they probably have some life left. HOWEVER, I recently tried to have an older tire (about 5 years old) mounted as a spare, and the shop declined. You may want to take them to a shop to see if you can even get someone to mount them. -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of roger...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:36 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Tire Age Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
I have a hard limit of 5 yrs even if never used and stored properly. After 5 years the molecules that bond everything together have started to break down. Tire may look perfect and balance perfect on install, but failure has already started internally in the tire structure. Each time you drive, the tire heats and cools.. is subject to stresses and those degradations become a failure path. If you get lucky, it just blows out setting in the car park... if you get unlucky... emmm.. what was it that Clint Eastwood said in that movie??? Grant... AZ... Where the diesels roam free On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM, roger...@comcast.net wrote: Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Tire Age
Like the Corvair, those tires are unsafe at any speed. -Dave Walton On Nov 30, 2011, at 5:35 PM, roger...@comcast.net wrote: Fellow listers, I come to you with a safety question to seek your collective advice. I need a set of tires for my 80 300SD. It only gets driven 5-6K miles per year now. I have the opportunity to buy a set of Michelin Energy MXV4 tires. The tires have about 95% tread remaining and look like new. However, their production date is 0802 which puts them in the 8th week of 2002. Now they show no signs of tire rot and have been stored inside since removed from an SL. What do you guys think? Buy or pass due to age? Thanks and best wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.rubylane.com/shops/sna (antique) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
