Tire mfg date code/sales

I don’t think that there’s a law from retailers selling new, older tires. The articles that I read which were dated in 08’ & 2014 mentioned that they tried to introduce legislation prohibiting the sale of tires 6yrs or older, but the tire industry fought it and won. So the short of it is, from what I can tell, there is no law on selling new tires that older than 6yrs. Used tires is a different story. Maybe somebody else will come up with something more recent.

You have done good to refuse the 8yr old tires as who knows how long they would last before failing.

The tire industry recommends replacing your tires in 6yr intervals. Go figure eh? I hope this answers your question.