Tyres: 8 years old, 20k miles. Concern?

Quartz · 2 Jul 2021 at 19:00

I've had these tyres from when I bought the car (63 reg Skoda Yeti) brand new. They've done a little over 20k miles and tread depth is fine, but they're almost 8 years old. Should I be concerned about the rubber perishing? They don't get a lot of sun where I park the car.

Quartz · 2 Jul 2021 at 19:09

watercooledman said:
do the sidewalls looks in bad shape?

They look fine - near pristine.

Kenai said:
It's worth checking the dates on the tyres themselves too, whilst unlikely, they may be older than the car.

Good spot.

Quartz · 2 Jul 2021 at 22:59

Nasher said:
Check for radial cracks as well. I had some old tyres which looked fine from the side, but there was a crack growing all the way round.

I'll do that.

Quartz · 5 Sep 2021 at 11:13

An update: my car went in for its service and MOT. I asked them to particularly check the tyres and they were fine with plenty of tread and no perishing.

Quartz · 6 Sep 2021 at 09:51

Greebo said:
I would be looking at swapping them.

I'm looking at swapping the entire car.