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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 126913" data-attributes="member: 113">Your case and  my case are never a problem of old tires.  Just not enuf thread!My Conti - 6 months, beautiful in dry, MURDEROUS in wet, spinning like JPM warming up for Australia F1, LOL.My dragon - 12 months, cannot take my driving anymore, (after all, they did go to track) I threw them away, (no offence, just my personal experience)Am waiting to see how long my Yoko Neova can last...But was shocked to hear some people have tires many, many years old.As wglee said, if you follow the official so-called benchmark, it's supposed to last 8 to 10 years.  After the recent incident, that will be the last time wglee follows that benchmark, I'm sure.  His was just 4 years old.  I did not get the number 2 from any official benchmark.  But I guess up to around 2 years should be ok for most people.  Anything more would start to look iffy.  The dangerous situation is when old tires look ok threadwise because they are not driven very often.  People forget that the rubber hardens, much like old jogging shoes.Good to hear more people sharing their experience as above.  This seems to be an area that the official 'benchmarks' have overlooked.  10 years?  No way.</blockquote>