A while back, I needed a couple of new tires for the rear of my 1972 Ford Ranch Wagon. Then I remembered that I had two studded snow tires in my storage building, unused for a long time, very low mileage. I got them out, laboriously removed the metal studs one at a time and put those on the rear axle. I don't drive in the snow anymore if I can help it anyway, and never that car. I have later models with traction control and one with locking rear axle. Waste not, want not.
I saved the rims from the worn-out tires. Try to buy used stock rims these days. The auto dismantlers send them all away for scrap, they don't hold on to them to resell. At least around here.
Major brand tire shops won't touch tires needing repair or remounting with dates over 10 years. Liability issues they claim, but it also allows them to sell more tires. Maybe this is a minor issue, as so many people don't keep a car that long anyway. Or they drive the life out of the tire way before that time. The junk yards get plenty of cars 10 or fewer years old. It's surprising. Shop-done car repairs are very expensive now, major component failure forces many people to just buy new and assume a new loan.
I saved the rims from the worn-out tires. Try to buy used stock rims these days. The auto dismantlers send them all away for scrap, they don't hold on to them to resell. At least around here.
Major brand tire shops won't touch tires needing repair or remounting with dates over 10 years. Liability issues they claim, but it also allows them to sell more tires. Maybe this is a minor issue, as so many people don't keep a car that long anyway. Or they drive the life out of the tire way before that time. The junk yards get plenty of cars 10 or fewer years old. It's surprising. Shop-done car repairs are very expensive now, major component failure forces many people to just buy new and assume a new loan.
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