PNW Chit Chat thread

[george graves]

^good call. I forgot tires have date codes!

[DrJosh]

Okay so here is the date code for my tire.

528. So it was made the 52nd week of X8. It could be 98 for all I know. BUT the wheel has a date stamp of 88. The tire also has the "Made in W. Germany" Stamp. I doubt, but don't know for sure, that they still used the West German stamp 8 years after the reunification of Germany. The tire is a Michelin MXV and it also has "Radial X" stamped on it, whatever that means.

My car is also a 01/89 build car. Also the wheel shows no ware other then a couple dings on the back from the looks of handling. It has 0 road grim on it when I purchased the car. The tread also looks unused with crisp lines on the tread blocks. But who knows if it has even been run, or if it is original or not. If it is I think thats pretty cool and its just something neat to have. I may buy a second basket weave and put a spare on it incase I need one. If not, no big deal!

[Justin B]

Sounds like they're the originals, the original MXV tires were made around that time.
Google search for Michelin MXV came up with...

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/wheels-tires/241187-what-years-were-original-michelin-mxvs-produced.html

Thats pretty cool.

[DrJosh]

^ Thanks. I am about to do some googling as well to see what I can come up with. I am also going to check the owners manual to see if it mentions anything about the tires on the car.

Here are a couple pictures.

[bmwm42]

Ill post I up my original spare tire up tomorrow

[DrJosh]

^ Do it.

I am not finding much on the MXV. I didn't find anything in the manual stating what tires came equipped other then the sizes. I am feeling pretty confident though that this is original. I think that it is really cool to have something like that still be original with the car. What are the odds?

[AbeSonic]

I have a mint spare too lolz

[Twelvizm]

I had the original spare for my '81 E21. It looked like a zero mile tire. When I went to use it, it formed a huge bubble within days and had to be replaced. On closer inspection, 25% of the tread had separated. Scary.

[DrJosh]

Yeah tires dont last as long as you would think. They may look good but can be ticking time bombs. Now that I know when this tire was made I would never run it unless at was an absolute emergency. And even then it would be at a low speed and a short distance.

[IronJoe]

On modern produced tires, don't go more than 7 years.

[george graves]

Yeah tires dont last as long as you would think. They may look good but can be ticking time bombs. Now that I know when this tire was made I would never run it unless at was an absolute emergency. And even then it would be at a low speed and a short distance.

Chicken.

[DrJosh]

Chicken.

Whatever keeps me out of the deep fryer ;)

[kid325e]

Lukebox goin in today!

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[5Toes]

Car started... then two minutes later I come back and hop in and it dies right when I do... I really hope the ECU will figure out its job after I can actually drive the car

[e30austin]

I'm sick of working on my car. Makes it that much easier to sell it.