A few years ago I had some new tires put on my old Saturn coupe, at one of the major tire chains. I saw them arrive, and walked over to check the dates. They were very fresh, only about 3-4 months old. So I walked over to a local fast food place to have lunch while they were being mounted. After they were done, I drove away, then stopped and got out to look again, and they had put on the wrong tires. They actually were a more expensive tire, but they were almost 3 years old.
I drove back to have the other ones installed, and when I asked him why they hadn't even installed almost 3-year-old tires, he gave me the same story. He said they're kept in a climate controlled warehouse, so they don't worry about that.
When I had new Toyos put on my Class C just about 4 years ago, I also checked the date, and they were only about 3 months old.
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