<VV> tire info requested

[efki at verizon.net]

Bob,

To add to that tires made after 1999 have a four digit code. First two numbers are the week it was made. Second two numbers are the year. We had a safety discussion about tires at work today. Part of that said tires older than five or six years (depending on whom was sited) are not safe. This is even if the tread is still good. Has to do with the way the tires are chemically breaking down. 

Regards,
Eric

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From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
Date: 2008/07/13 Sun PM 04:28:20 PDT
To: BobHelt at aol.com
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>,
 Fastvair <fastvair at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> tire info requested

Check the other side of the tire.  The date is only molded on one
side.  Date code is usually in an oval, and right at the end of the
DOT code.

--Bryan

On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:15 PM, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:

> I just checked the original tires that came on my 2002 Buick and
> they  have
> no such code. Neither does a 185/80R13 Corvair tire I bought
> earlier this year.
>
> So does anyone know if this DOT code is optional or really  required?
>  Or maybe just a joke like so many internet stories going  around?

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