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Title: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: Scrumpy on July 17, 2022, 09:57:18 AM
I know this might sound stupid to some but I will ask anyway..
Do I need to protect my car tyres from the scorching sun.. ?
 The car sits in my drive and has the sun on it for most of the day..
Title: Re: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: -Oy- on July 17, 2022, 09:59:53 AM
They get a lot hotter than that when doing 70mph on the motorway!
Title: Re: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: Scrumpy on July 17, 2022, 10:07:35 AM

My car doesn't visit the motorway.. She's far too nervous of them big lorries..   :worried:

I thought that DIRECT  strong sunlight could cause them damage.. 
Title: Re: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: -Oy- on July 17, 2022, 10:14:34 AM
Advice from Continental.

Not sure what they class as prolonged exposure.

https://sa.continental-me.com/en/blogs/here-is-what-happens-when-you-leave-your-car-under-the-sun-in-hot-weather
Title: Re: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: Ashy on July 17, 2022, 10:18:39 AM
I doubt if you need to protect modern tyres from the sun in England.
Title: Re: Protecting my car tyres..
Post by: Michael Rolls on July 17, 2022, 10:24:47 AM
the Caravan Club and others associated with motorhomes, etc., advise not to keep tyres, regardless of mileage, for more than 7 years. First thing I did when we bought our second motor home was to have the tyres checked and as one of them was about ten years old, even though it looked OK, I had them all changed - better safe than sorry.
Mike