Check Your Tires, Lots of Tread or Not

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 11/30/2016 at 17:59 • Filed to: None

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On the third anniversary of his death, I figured I’d post it since I haven’t seen it posted.

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Quadradeuce > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/30/2016 at 18:01

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Just swapped out my truck tires because the rubber was getting too hard, even though they had at least 10k miles left on them. Even light acceleration caused them to chirp. It feels like a new truck now.

EL_ULY > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/30/2016 at 18:52

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DOT dates are told to every customer that come in for service. If over 5 years old, including spare if aplc., we recommend tires or have the customer sign off that we notified them.

Winter of 2008 or 2009 at my old job. I noted the DOT date on the ticket of a man, his wife, and their toddler getting their Lexus GX 470 serviced. The tires were old and prices for replacements were given. The service adviser DID NOT mention this to the customer.

On their long way back home to the South Texas Valley, on of their tire failed and the vehicle rolled. The toddler did not survive.

A huge legal thing happened afterward and it was further enforced to inspect DOT dates and state if tire along with tread wear

Phatboyphil > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/30/2016 at 19:31

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That was 3 years ago already? Good lord time’s been flying.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > EL_ULY 11/30/2016 at 19:44

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Holy crap

Jayvincent > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/30/2016 at 20:10

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link

a link to date code explainer (or google your own)

Short summary: (see EL_ULY for a very helpful graphic below)

- look for “DOT” and the last code bubble following that is the date code

- anything with a 3 digit code is pre-2000 (and way too old)

- four digit code is 2-digits for week (01-52) and 2 digits for year (00 thru 17 presumably)

Be safe, fellow Oppos

gmctavish needs more space > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/30/2016 at 22:00

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And this is why I’m getting tires on Friday