I bought my 1984 380SL a year ago. At the time the tires appeared virtually new. A few days ago I decided to have the tires checked at a good shop and I was told the Michelin MXV4's were nine years old.

The car is very low mileage and I would estimate these tires have no more than 20,000 miles on them.The shop told me I could wait a year before changing them although they suggested I rotate and do an alignment. I know that tires degrade with age.

My question is: would you want to replace them due to age right away or do you reckon I could get another summer out of them?

I would rather err on the side of caution from a saftey point of view.

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1984 380SL (58,000 miles)
Anthracite on grey
1997 BMW 540i
Alpine Silver on Burgundy