Aussie Ferrari Spotters Thread??

8 years old

 

.....and hope and pray,as Gizz did,that they will have something the same size irrespective of quality in stock.

 

So you're just on the legal money.

 

Edit:
I took the 365 out the other as the diff is foiked! and ended up having to get a new tube,correct BTW,as the valvestem had been nicked somewhere.
Watch this space re ^^^^^^

 

Legal? There's a law about it?

 

Google legal life of tyres in Aussie,they're dated for a reason and it's not to proudly say I'e gotta 35YO tyre as my spare...sorry Jon.
.....and yep I'll be looking at replacing mine after the Morgan gets fixed and the 365 diff gets sorted.

 

You couldn't just post a link?

Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm

 

I don't have a spare ............ which made the blowout near Hay a PITA

My current tyres are 6 months old and my track set 4 months old .......... they NEVER last long enough to get old

Like Simon says, some of use do LOTS of kms, heading to Ebor next weekend if the spare parts for my drone turn up.

My mate in Sydney crashed it and lost the rubber gimbal suspension pieces

 

https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/vehiclesafety/tyres.html

 

That's what I thought. Not a legal requirement.

Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm

 

https://mobiletyreshop.com.au/should-australia-have-a-ban-on-tyres-over-10-years-old/

Interestingly, there is a sentence in this URL that suggests the age of the tyre has NO legal limit !!!

 

Cool, was just wondering.

 

Each state should probably have their own rules....but they probably don't.
The police in Qld recommend between 5 and 10 years.

An amount of common sense is involved in our enthusiast related cars I would have thought.

 

Who gives a **** what the police recommend ???!!!

Like they have a fu king clue

 

Right... But again, it's NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT

Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm

 

I always understood that there wasn't a legal requirement as such.
If there was, you can be sure that the tyre manufacturers would be banging on endlessly about it.

Whether there's a sensible expectation or not is another thing, especially on something like a Ferrari.

 

I always listen to Carl and he reckons 7 years max

 

Yep. Agreed. But it's not a legal requirement.

 

The rubber goes hard and you lose grip, especially in the wet, but has anyone seen a structural failure based on age?

If not, what's the problem?

 

It's more a common-sense requirement

 

My dad always had this strange idea you could extend the life of tyres by keeping them in the dark

 

See what your state roadworthy requirements are,the two state's I just looked at don't mention it.
I thought it would have been 1st on the list of tyre requirements.

 

As do the couple of RWC bloke's I use here.

 

Cracking along the tread on my first 365 and I think the new one as well

But no never a thrown tyre...probably because I renewed 'em pretty well straight away.

 

You do it. You're the one whom said it was a legal requirement!

I've never heard that before..... Doesn't mean it's not though.

I certainly can't see any legal requirement from my superficial search.

Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm