Anyone know when Goodyear stopped making these in 245/50/16?

Got my car a little over two year ago with these tires. I've put almost 5,000 miles on them. They don't look bad, but the tread is getting low and I am planning on new tires soon.

I don't see a DOT number on the side. I read that this was required from 2000 onward. The tires were made in Canada, but I'd think they'd still require a DOT number, unless maybe they were actually purchased in Canada. As far as I know, the car spent its first 30 years in Monroeville, PA. So, unless I'm missing the DOT label, they may be 20+ years old. Which is rather scary.

 

Is the date code 3 digits or 4?

 

Had a couple in the early 2000s. They were typical Goodyear tires, which is to say they were crap. I haven't seen GSCs available in at least a decade in our size, so they're old and crap. I'd replace them on principle, they're not safe to drive on.

 

Thanks. I plan to do that very soon.

I've never really any bad experiences with Goodyear. If they still made this size, I'd probably buy them.

 

On other tires, I thought the date code was in the box following "DOT". Unless I'm missing it somehow, there is no DOT number on these. Which may mean they're pre-2000.

 

I've never had a Goodyear tire that was any better than the cheapest non-Goodyear tire fished out of a used tire pile. They've always had plenty of tread left, still hold air, etc but they don't stick to the ground for anything. They were always fun on my Formula, because I could spin a pair of Goodyears forever, but throw another brand of tires on the back, and it'd barely chirp them unless really laying into the gas pedal. My BFGs I've got on the car now are over a decade old and still grip the road better than the Goodyears I had on it years ago.

 

I'm likely going to get a set of BFG, which is a Michelin brand.

But, do you have any experience with General? I've never had them. Continental is the parent.

 

this is the date code on my GS-D3s

 

Thanks Scooter. I need to look again. I can't tell from your pic, does it say "DOT" in front of that somewhere?

Mine do note have "DOT" on them. Which means they may be really old. The date was required starting in 2000. Yours were manufactured in 2007.

 

That's not correct about the date coding, tires all the way back to the 70's still had date codes, but they were only 3 digits
https://www.cokertire.com/blog/tire-age

Yes, there are three ovals, one with the date code and two before it, then there is DOT at the front of the ovals

 

They Stopped making the GS-C, which replaced the 'gatorbacks' from back in the day, probably about 20 years ago give or take. They were replaced with the 'F1', which then got replaced by the F1 GS-D3.

 

Thanks!

 

Yikes. I'm riding on some really old tires.

 

2002 or there about, they were standard equipment on the V8 4th Gens with 16s, SLP used to sell the take off left over 16s with them.