[petrel]

Ok tire Gurus, please help me out with this: Went to dealer today and the tires had a date code of 3017! Over a year old already. The salesman apologized and is trying to find "fresher" tires.

I did some research and called another dealer. He stated that there was no way anyone at the Michelin distributor would go to the trouble of checking the date code before shipping the tire to him. "Besides, the tires are warranted from the time of installation, not from the time of manufacture!" He went on to say that they routinely mount tires over a year old, but that does not affect the warranty!

I asked him if the rubber in the tires simply did not degrade while in storage. He said not unless they were sitting in a window!

I'm gonna call Michelin. In the meantime, I'd welcome your thoughts on the topic.