This is quite concerning as living in the north east is always freezing! and I've just bought R888's and there very expensive as well!!!!
http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/TireStorage.pdf
[Edited on 22/2/08 by tomblyth]
Nice... Not somthing you want to find out on a cold morning in the 7..
Dan
If there that shi$te I'd bin them, bet they don't have a BS number, might not be even legal to use in this country
I have stopped buying budget tyres as all have cracked in less than a year, waste of money. Plus you could end up dead all for the sake of a few
pounds.
Errrr... ok
I seriously hope they are playing safe with this, because I know my garage up int north Lancs is not always going to be above 0 degrees! 
This is the first I have heard about this, and I am meant to collect my TD 1.2s and R888s in a week or so!
Can someone allay these fears!??!?!?
1) They're perfectly legal to use in this country.
2) They're very well respected - ordinarily.
3) They are not cheapies by any manner of means.
It does however demonstrate that specialist tyres like R888s should not be confused with everyday road tyres.
Looks like two sets of wheels - one with normal tyres - is the way to go with these.
It's more of a concern for tintops fitted with these tyres than cars like ours. In particular the R888's. Unless you're extremely
hardcore, you're unlikely to be driving around in sub zero temperatures on road legal trackday tyres and even if you are, they are generally
inflated to half the pressure than normal, which is one of Toyo's storage recommendations for this tyre.
They're a great tyre and this warning won't put me off using them. (Unless I happen to be doing a trackday in sub-zero temperatures)
Phil
Hmm I think I'll stick with my Michelins, there road legal race tyres and they don't do that.
All of the track-oriented tyres are very particular about temperature and need storing correctly. Ao32s, 48s, or ACB10s are all the same.
Nothing to be worried about, but just recognise that they are made for a specific purpose - not multi-purpose.
For me the issue isn't the R888's as Hellfire says they usually won't be used in those conditions but it's useful information.
But they have M/T tyres on that list with the same problem and I would expect those to be used is low temperatures.
Since that was published in California I now confidently expect a whole pile of lawsuits for Toyo which really could affect availability of the tyres
in question.
I wonder if the tyres get formulated differently, depending on their intended market.
It would be useful to see an equivalent message from a European source.
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Hmm I think I'll stick with my Michelins, there road legal race tyres and they don't do that.
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Originally posted by zilspeed
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Hmm I think I'll stick with my Michelins, there road legal race tyres and they don't do that.
Like for like type of tyre ?
(Or if I may be so rude, what sort of Michelin ?)
Perhaps Toyo need some of this!
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Perhaps Toyo need some of this!
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Michelin TB's
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Originally posted by james h
This is the first I have heard about this, and I am meant to collect my TD 1.2s and R888s in a week or so!
Thats 135 each + Vat
Paul