higgy, if the tires sat in a sun flooded heated living room for years, which are optimal storage condition for a tire, not mentioning the nice fumes of evaporating rubber softener, the buyer actually has an advantage he isn`t aware off. The rubber may be so hard that the milage he`ll get from this set will be very high as they won`t wear. Now that`s a real bonus.
If I didn`t have a conscience I`d sell my old set, too. The are like new.