[DML] Old Tires and Hoses

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This subject is comimg up more and more frequently on other car
bulletin boards and newsletters. The current advice is to replace
tires after 7 years even if they still look good and sooner if they
have "dry rot" or tiny cracks in the sidewall or ANY other defect. No
one should be driving on coolant hoses older than 10 years old, less
if they are swollen, cracked, or hard. When a new owner gets an old
car they aren't always ready to spend a large sum of money on a car
that runs so they put off replacing these old parts and instead
concentrate on the cosmetics, neglecting safety and reliability. Even
owners that have a car for a long time will procrastinate on replacing
what look like perfectly good parts. Ownership of a car means
budgeting for replacing parts if you use the car or not. Batteries
need to be replaced 5-7 years. Brake and clutch fluid EVERY 2 years.
Anti-freeze tested every year. Failure to heed this advice WILL result
in the car letting you down when you least expect it but you should
have! On Deloreans you also have the struts that don't last forever if
you want the doors to stay up. On cars that have been in "storage" you
can expect to have to replace EVERYTHING. The alternative is to fix
things as they break (which they will) meanwhile stranding you
everywhere until you lose all confidance in the car and stop driving it.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757




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