How old are your tyres?

[svo supporter]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Without sounding smart... but a few months from purchase?
or have you checked the actual date of manufature?

Last time i bought tyres they were 6 months old already, prior to that the last lot of tyres were already 2yrs old...but sold as "new".

Firstly. Generally when you buy popular sizing, they're about 6 months old before you get them. (not all the time of course). Firstly, they are sit round the manufacturing plant, then it can take about 3 months to land on Aussie shores. Then it takes a few weeks for customs to clear them. Then how ever long sitting in the suppliers shed.

2ndly. Non popular sizes will be older, because they don't move as quick. Hence them being this 2 year old, by the time you get them.

After all, the manufacturers have to try and predict how many to make, then the suppliers have to predict how many to import.

So hopefully people can understand why there can be a time difference between date stamped and when you actually get them put on