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Opinions on Discount Tire

Discount as a company has always done me fair. Had a problem w/ 1 particular location and them loosing stuff. But another story.

Tires are the one area I will NOT cheap out on. Tires are the only thing between you and the ground. Just because they hold air at the moment doesn't make them good.
 
Thats my only bitch. I go in with 4 DIll ss valve stem caps and leave with 4 crappy plastic caps. My bad because I forget to remove them before I go in.
 
I don’t think I have any tires that aren’t 10 yo, even the “new” generals in my k5 are 7. Send it
 
I think where the tires have been stored makes a big difference in how they age - especially UV exposure. I've seen plenty of tires all cracked on the outer sidewall and the inner looks fine - same thing with just certain portions of tread cracked between the blocks. So maybe these age cutoffs for mounting/repair vary by area. I know they'll do 10 years here.

What worries me is how crappy trailer and lawn tires have gotten (like cracked in 2 years when the old ones were 15 years old when they came off) and maybe car tires are headed in the same direction, pushing these cut-off dates. I think we've all seen classic cars sitting on tires a few decades old and they don't look too bad.

As for Discount Tire, I'm sure the local owners/managers make a lot of difference.
 
The rubber and chemical makeup of tires has severely changed in the last ten years. You see ground hawgs still kickin but your 6 year old bfg is threatening to take out your bedside just by looking at 100 degree weather.


A lot has changed but I don’t want to forget to include the fact that more and more tires are able to push 80k.
 
doubletrouble said:
If I remember right Discount won’t repair tires that are over 5 years old, safety reasons.
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Not just discount, but every major tire shop.
I have used tires well past 10 years but I cherished every mile I got out of them and was ready for a new set once I had trouble.
In the past 8 years I don't drive tires older than 4 years because I finish them off before then
 
My wife's car 2016 is on the 3rd set of tires, at 75k miles on car. All Y speed rated tires, don't know that the car can go that fast but is what came on it.
 
Blue85 said:
I think where the tires have been stored makes a big difference in how they age - especially UV exposure. I've seen plenty of tires all cracked on the outer sidewall and the inner looks fine - same thing with just certain portions of tread cracked between the blocks. So maybe these age cutoffs for mounting/repair vary by area. I know they'll do 10 years here.

What worries me is how crappy trailer and lawn tires have gotten (like cracked in 2 years when the old ones were 15 years old when they came off) and maybe car tires are headed in the same direction, pushing these cut-off dates. I think we've all seen classic cars sitting on tires a few decades old and they don't look too bad.

As for Discount Tire, I'm sure the local owners/managers make a lot of difference.
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Storage does make a difference. I don't put a lot of miles on my rig and it lives in a garage. The 9 year-old Falken Wild Peak ATs still have plenty of tread and no signs of rot, cracking or UV damage. I'll probably replace them next year at its annual service after I get new wheels.
 
Keep tires out of light at ambient temperature at or under room temperature and away from ozone and they last a lot longer. Often tires last longer if you keep them in a well-ventilated shed outside than inside simply because there is no artificially created ozone.

My experience with most tire shops is they don't want to do anything that they think might come back to haunt them.
 
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