I'm going for a trip: 1,500-2,000 miles altogether. There will be no driving
on snow or ice (during the trip): Southern California and Las Vegas.
Car: 2001 Forester. Tires (I drove 45K miles on them): Firestone Affinity
LH30. 6 months ago these tires had ~7/32 thread left...also one tire had a
nail in it- was repaired.
Should I get new tires right now (before the trip)?

Thanks for any advice.

The tires are in excess of the 5 year max that some recommend. I would
carefully check the sidewalls for cracking or splits. If I found no
sidewall problems and the tread depth was 5/32 or more I would not
change them. JMO Ed

Boris wrote:
garbage
a tire shop on your way happens to have in stock. On the other
hand if you get decent sticky tires you don't want to waste lots of
thread
on 2000miles of highway droning. If you have another set of tires you
can pack them as an ultimate spare solution, but your mileage would
drop
not to mention the cargo capacity shrinking in half. Since you're going
to gamble
anyway why not gamble that you won't get a flat? It's an
environmentally
friendly choice :-)

"Boris" <spam (AT) no (DOT) please> wrote

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Stephen H wrote:
You might be able to get just one shaved for about $30. If the other
ones have enough tread left (I think 6/32" would be plenty) it might
not be such a good idea to dump the rest unless you really want a
different tire.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=18

"y_p_w" <y_p_w (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writes:

Are there any bricks-and-mortar chains that will shave tires
competently? I looked around a bit and couldn't find any obvious
ones.

-- Mark

Mark T.B. Carroll wrote:
Don't know about chains. The Tire Rack does enough volume to
justify it, and it's seems to be primarily for the race tires they
sell. They could probably do that for anyone near one of their
retail locations. I guess it depends on where you live. You'd
need to find a tire shop and ask around.

I know Tire Rack has a location in Sparks, Nevada. Don't know
if they have tire shaving equipment.

In article <4588f5a5$0$68951$742ec2ed (AT) news (DOT) sonic.net>,
"Boris" <spam (AT) no (DOT) please> wrote:

Whatever you do don't replace with Firestone.
I recommend Michelin.

"who" <i (AT) notaspammer (DOT) net> wrote

Firestones suck.

Michelin or BF Goodrich all the way.

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Goodyear's to wear out. Never had a single problem with the tires and the
last count was 10 rigs; Form fifth wheels to motorcycles. Specific tires I
won't put on due to wear habits, but after 4.5 years mounting tires
Firestone and Bridgestone were equal to or better then the competition.

Steve