Seroiusly that is some pretty out there comment.
The tyre only has warranty form 5 years from the date is was manufactured. This will be the code on the side of the tyre after the serial number. This is maybe what your bro means
IE Date of manufacture. This is important as the age of a tyre can affect its performance. The first 2 numbers refer to the week and the 3rd and 4th numbers refer to the year.
To take your comment further, then when a tyre is remoulded ( not retreaded) and they put a cover from bead to bead covering the original date of manufacture what does this do? does this make all mongrels illegal cause you cannot see the date stamp anymore?
What happens when you buy a brand new tyre and it has been sitting on the shelf for 3 years. You only have two years to wear it out? Do the tyre retailers tell you this? If it was law then they would be obliged to tell the customer that. If you got a roadworthy then the mechanic would be obliged to check this as well including the spare if it was on your vehicle.
As long as the tyre is in a servicable condition then it is legal.
Adequate tread but not regrooved unless it is stamped on the sidewall of the tyre that it is a regrooveable tyre
No cuts or obvoius damage
No cracking perishing that would indicate tyre was failing.
( I was tyre fitter for 13 years, did most of the techincal inspection for Pirelli in qld for claims, and for other major brands, and had never heard of such a thing)
