Just a follow up on the tyre "expiry" date.
There is no legal maximum for a tyre's age on a road driven vehicle in any Australian state.
RW/Safety Certificate guidelines in each state only require the inspector to look for obvious flaws in the tyres.
The much bandied "5 years old, not legal" which you often hear, particularly out of NSW, I guess due to the sheer numbers of inspections with their large fleet and annual requirements, is a misinterpretation of the consumer goods law.
A tyre seller can sell a tyre right up until it is 5 years of age. The 5 year number is the expiry date for sale of said tyre as a "BRAND NEW tyre", a tyre is still considered a brand new item, and fit for sale as such, until it is 5 years old, the 5 years figure is not for end of life.
I've no doubt RW inspectors are telling clients that their tyres need replacing because they are too old, particularly ones that provide a pink slip service out of a tyre retailers.
Tyrep*wer's pink slip page even states, "the risk of aquaplaning is increased once there is only 4mm of tread left, we can help you choose some new high quality tyres".
I bet they can.
Then what, throw those new "high quality" replacements away when they are down to 4mm as well?
But this 5 years of age, chuck it away "rule" is not in the RWC requirements, it is not in the ADRs, it is not in the Tyre and Rim Association guidelines, it is an urban myth.
You wouldn't believe what RWC inspectors have tried to fail my classic cars/bikes on, simply because they have a ingrained belief, or simply because they just don't know.
I downloaded the 60 page QLD Safety Certificate Guidelines Handbook to keep handy for that very reason. At times I've had to engage a different inspector, because some are so enshrined in their beliefs, that they can't accept the evidence, even when it is placed in front of them.
Given there are piles of dumped used tyres like the attached image in the world, is the environmentally responsible thing to do; to add perfectly good 5 year and 1 month old tyres to it, (or newer ones with "only" 4mm of tread left), even though you don't have to?
PS. Happy to take on board any information stating "5 years, throw it away" is a LEGAL requirement in Aus; if said information is gleaned from a reputable source.
There is no legal maximum for a tyre's age on a road driven vehicle in any Australian state.
RW/Safety Certificate guidelines in each state only require the inspector to look for obvious flaws in the tyres.
The much bandied "5 years old, not legal" which you often hear, particularly out of NSW, I guess due to the sheer numbers of inspections with their large fleet and annual requirements, is a misinterpretation of the consumer goods law.
A tyre seller can sell a tyre right up until it is 5 years of age. The 5 year number is the expiry date for sale of said tyre as a "BRAND NEW tyre", a tyre is still considered a brand new item, and fit for sale as such, until it is 5 years old, the 5 years figure is not for end of life.
I've no doubt RW inspectors are telling clients that their tyres need replacing because they are too old, particularly ones that provide a pink slip service out of a tyre retailers.
Tyrep*wer's pink slip page even states, "the risk of aquaplaning is increased once there is only 4mm of tread left, we can help you choose some new high quality tyres".
I bet they can.
Then what, throw those new "high quality" replacements away when they are down to 4mm as well?But this 5 years of age, chuck it away "rule" is not in the RWC requirements, it is not in the ADRs, it is not in the Tyre and Rim Association guidelines, it is an urban myth.
You wouldn't believe what RWC inspectors have tried to fail my classic cars/bikes on, simply because they have a ingrained belief, or simply because they just don't know.
I downloaded the 60 page QLD Safety Certificate Guidelines Handbook to keep handy for that very reason. At times I've had to engage a different inspector, because some are so enshrined in their beliefs, that they can't accept the evidence, even when it is placed in front of them.
Given there are piles of dumped used tyres like the attached image in the world, is the environmentally responsible thing to do; to add perfectly good 5 year and 1 month old tyres to it, (or newer ones with "only" 4mm of tread left), even though you don't have to?
PS. Happy to take on board any information stating "5 years, throw it away" is a LEGAL requirement in Aus; if said information is gleaned from a reputable source.
