Watch this... then check your tire. It could save your life!

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Jul 24, 2008 | 07:30 PM

Mr McCabe

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Watch this... then check your tire. It could save your life!

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

Check your tires... it could save your life!!

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:32 PM

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This is a repost but yet its good.

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:33 PM

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only the advertisement vid plays

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:45 PM

Mr McCabe

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Originally Posted by JCswoosher2

This is a repost but yet its good.

My bad, I just found it on another forum.

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Originally Posted by mario_234509

only the advertisement vid plays

I just double checked and it works fine on my pc and my fiances.

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:49 PM

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insane. i cant believe they can get away with that. mine were made 14th week of 2006. lol and made in england... who knew??

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:52 PM

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wow very good video. +1 am safe my tire reads 0507

man companies dont care about ur safety they just want to sell u stuff.

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Jul 24, 2008 | 07:54 PM

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Good info.

Time to go check my BFG KDW'2...

Jul 24, 2008 | 07:56 PM

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yeah when i worked at americas tire we werent even allowed to repair or air up tires older than 6 yrs

Jul 24, 2008 | 09:33 PM

Mr McCabe

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Checked mine... 2106!! I'm safe!

When I checked my fiances winter tires on the otherhand... seventh week of 2000. Good thing shes getting a new car in the next few weeks and I'm taking over ownership of the Accent as a winter beater.

Jul 25, 2008 | 01:22 AM

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the tires on my nova 4192. yea there old

Jul 25, 2008 | 01:38 AM

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That's insane! I'm going to have to check all the tires here tomorrow.

Jul 25, 2008 | 01:37 PM

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Just check my BFG KDW 2 tires and woot woot

0108 = first week of 2008

Jul 25, 2008 | 02:01 PM

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wow crazy...

2 of my tires have NO numbers

Jul 25, 2008 | 02:15 PM

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wow crazy...

2 of my tires have NO numbers

Try looking on the other side of the tire...the number is on the tires it just may take you a bit longer to find it.

Jul 25, 2008 | 05:02 PM

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when i worked at the tire shop. we always put the FOT numbers in if they were on one side. not such an eyesore.

Jul 27, 2008 | 01:03 PM

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Wow that was chilling to watch. Everybody should watch this.

Jul 27, 2008 | 10:43 PM

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anyone ever by drag radials form summit or jegs. some of them are 2-3 years old

Jul 28, 2008 | 10:07 PM

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I mounted a ten year old tire a couple weeks ago, when I noticed how old it was I told my boss and he told me to go ahead and put it on because it was the only one we had in that size and he diddnt want to loose a sale.