The tires are old. 6 years old. This is normal for tires that are old or
don't get moved enough. It is important for the tires to roll and let the
oils in the tires move around. Eventually they loose this oil and dry out.
It varies from tire manufacture to manufacture; but generally 5 to 6 years
is the life of a tire. On my travel trailer; I change the tires every 5
years regardless of what they look like.

Steve



"CDMA" <eat@joes.com> wrote in message
news:QnDqg.93459$mF2.70442@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>I have owned my 2000 Prelude since it was new and have driven it very
>responsibly, mostly highway mileage. The car came with Bridgestone Potenza
>RE92 (205/50R16) tires, since I also have an older (second gen.) 1987
>prelude, I don't drive the 2000 that often and have only put 53K miles in
>it, today I noticed the front passenger side tire has cracks all around the
>sidewall, I can only see the cracking on this tire, the others seem ok. I
>check tire pressure every 2 to 3 months and don't recall going over
>anything or hitting a curb that could cause such damage and there are no
>signs of any wear or tear on the wheels and the tires still have excellent
>tread.
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>
> The questions I have:
>
> 1) is this normal wear or could it be possible I damaged the tire some
> how?
>
> 2) Has anyone else had any similar experience with these types of tires?
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> Thanks, CDMA
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