Just had a situation come up when buying some new tires, and thought I would check here to see what the experts say?
I really didn't know about the date stamps on tires until this year when we got our popup, and realized that the tread was great, but the tires were almost 10 years old...so I replaced with new rubber.
Anyway, the subaru needed new rubber, so last week went to the tire dealer and picked up 4 new tires.
Got home, and checked the dates...and to my surprise the tires were mfg'd in April of 2009...thought that was a bit odd for a dealer to sell me tires that are almost 2 years old...purchased just last week?
Called the customer service, and they opted to replace with a newer set or send me 100 bucks....so I took the $100
Do tire dealers usually sell tires this old? (This was one of the larger tire dealers here in the northeast)
Like I said, I was slueles about the date stamping until this year.
I really didn't know about the date stamps on tires until this year when we got our popup, and realized that the tread was great, but the tires were almost 10 years old...so I replaced with new rubber.
Anyway, the subaru needed new rubber, so last week went to the tire dealer and picked up 4 new tires.
Got home, and checked the dates...and to my surprise the tires were mfg'd in April of 2009...thought that was a bit odd for a dealer to sell me tires that are almost 2 years old...purchased just last week?
Called the customer service, and they opted to replace with a newer set or send me 100 bucks....so I took the $100
Do tire dealers usually sell tires this old? (This was one of the larger tire dealers here in the northeast)
Like I said, I was slueles about the date stamping until this year.