Hi Steve, Thanks for the feedback and I tend to agree with you on the tires
being old. I will be changing them this week.
CDMA

"Stephen H" <hansensw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
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> Steve
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> "CDMA" <eat@joes.com> wrote in message
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>>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:
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>> 1) is this normal wear or could it be possible I damaged the tire some
>> how?
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>> 2) Has anyone else had any similar experience with these types of tires?
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>> Thanks, CDMA
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