So I go into the garage this morning and notice that the front left tire on the Cobra is flat. I think "how can that be" I haven't driven it in two months. So I roll the air compressor over to fill it. I figured I'd just keep an eye on it and see what is going on. I get over to the tire and see that it has completely blown the top of the tread off and destroyed itself !!! WTF !!!
Then I rememberd that I have never replaced the front tires. I replaced the rear set a number of times
. I got the car with 4,600 miles on it about 13 years ago. It now has 24,000 miles on it. The front tires visually always looked fine with no sign of any dry rot with nice smooth pliable rubber. But, . . these BF Goodrich Radial TAs were the original tires that were put on the car when it was built in 1992. So,, THEY ARE 20 YEARS OLD !!!!
Glad it blew sitting in the garage and not in a sweeping turn !
Now I have learned about old tires!
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