It's not just about tread

alexanderfoti

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Check your tyres for age as well!
 

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UV. I’ve a customer who always parks her car on the drive a particular way around. Two tyres are in the sun for eight hours a day, two are permanently in the shade. Guess which two perish prematurely?

How do you make a duck into a soul singer??

Stick it in the microwave until it’s Bill Withers...
 

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UV. I’ve a customer who always parks her car on the drive a particular way around. Two tyres are in the sun for eight hours a day, two are permanently in the shade. Guess which two perish prematurely?

How do you make a duck into a soul singer??

Stick it in the microwave until it’s Bill Withers...
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
 

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My rear tyres don't look great either. Both rears dated 2016.
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EmilysMum's car had a couple of tyres like that .... It'd even been MOT'd with them o_O

Mine was serviced and MOT'd at main dealers the day before I bought the car with the rears like that.
Admittedly 9 months later they look the same and no worse.
 

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My XC90 had its first MOT on its 3rd anniversary last week, both rears had an advisory for perished/cracked tyres.
Checked and the tyres are 2017 , the year of the car build.
I park it nose into the garage door , so the fronts are less exposed to UV so I’d agree with Unclebenz . Bit irritating as the tyres are barely worn (14k miles, 6-7mm tread).
 


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