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    What Are Michelins Worth [update: Selling new set from 2014 w less 1K miles]

    Update: That's right, I have too many tires, and have decided to sell my other set of 285/18 & 345/19 PSS tires from 2014 with less than 1K miles on them. (My car has had 19s & 20s since 2017.) $750 for the set of (4), plus shipping - half price vs. new.



    Thoughts?

    18/19s that came on the car in 2009 with 6000 miles - I have them in my garage - DFW area.
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    Original tires? Probably nothing considering the age. The general consensus around here (and among manufacturers) is that any tire over 6 years old should be replaced, regardless of mileage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve M View Post
    Original tires? Probably nothing considering the age. The general consensus around here (and among manufacturers) is that any tire over 6 years old should be replaced, regardless of mileage.
    What he said. Probably worth negative money for the disposal fee.

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    They are worth a good burnout video!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 99RT10 View Post
    They are worth a good burnout video!!!
    Now we're talking!

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    Throw them away. You will be putting someone at risk if you sell them and they end up on someone's car.

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    They make good flower pots, Scrap them.

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    +2 on the burnout video!

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    +4 burnout video!!

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    see update at top.

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    These 2014 tires have no value either. They are at a minimum 4 1/2 years old. The date codes probably show five or more years old. You would be irresponsible to sell them and someone would be crazy to buy them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Special Ed View Post
    These 2014 tires have no value either. They are at a minimum 4 1/2 years old. The date codes probably show five or more years old. You would be irresponsible to sell them and someone would be crazy to buy them.

    "...They are at a minimum 4 1/2 years old. The date codes probably show five or more years old."


    You are incorrect sir. And why would they 'probably' show that?

    They are exactly 4 years old since mid-2014 manufacture, not 4 1/2 - check your math. (mid-2014 to mid-2018 = 4 years.)

    And sat on the car for 18 months, with very little driving, before being removed with almost new tread (still have the nubs).

    There is at least 2 years use left in them.
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    I got rid if a set of Michelins that were like 8 years old but only had 500 miles on them for $400 on craigslist. They aren't worth anything to anyone who drives their car spiritedly.

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    Again, these tires are only 4 years old, not 6, not 8 - so still well within their useful life.

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    Not trying to get in a pissing match. If they were new in Jan of 14 that is 4 1/2 years old. You don't give us the date codes. you should never use a performance tire is five years old. At best these tires have one year of life left and at worst they are useless. You asked for a value and we are giving it to you. Just because you don't want to here it doesn't make it wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Special Ed View Post
    Not trying to get in a pissing match. If they were new in Jan of 14 that is 4 1/2 years old. You don't give us the date codes. you should never use a performance tire is five years old. At best these tires have one year of life left and at worst they are useless. You asked for a value and we are giving it to you. Just because you don't want to here it doesn't make it wrong.
    If you note above, I was asking for the value for a different, older set of tires from '09. Not asking that question for these tires. In the update that I posted above, I shared that I was selling these newer tires instead.

    The date codes are not from January, and there was nothing above to suggest that. (This is not a 'how-to-read-a-date-code' thread, so I'm not publishing here.) These were manufactured at the end of May 2014. 4 years old. Not 4 1/2. Not 5+. Not 6. And 6 years is the standard useful life that most experts cite. And unlike some 4 year old tires that may have 15K-20K miles on them, these have almost new trend, with less than 1K miles on them and have been stored inside, so these are far better than a typical batch from mid-2014.

    There are 2 years left on these tires.


 

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