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Treading carefully

THE Bridgestone tyres on my 1997 Mitsubishi Verada are now 10 years old, but have only done 75,000km. They have plenty of tread left. I'm wondering if there is a safety issue with old tyres like these?

TYRE makers generally guarantee their tyres for six years against manufacturing faults, which gives you a measure of the life as they see it. There is no sign that will tell you that a tyre is too old to be safely used, apart from cracking in the sidewall. Perhaps you could have a local tyre dealer take a look at them and give you an idea of their condition.

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