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Originally Posted by ainarssems
Most tyre manufacturers guarantee summer tyres for 10 years and winter tyres for 6 years
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Hmm, I'm not sure about that. I've just had to replace 2 tyres on my wife's 2002 mini because they'd gone porous with age. Now, even if they were the original tyres (it's done over 80K miles, so not likely!) they're less that 11 years old. And they were Pirellis, so not cheap rubbish. The tread was still legal, but the side walls were very cracked and old looking, and one had developed a slow leak - no puncture, just seeping air.
So, 10 years seems a bit of a stretch to me.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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