[Shotimes] flat tire - tire wall damage?

[Zach Leahy]

True Ron, but it's not always the best case.  I have had one RH
warranty service on a set of tires in the last 10 years.  That's
probably 1 tire out of 20.  So figure by your numbers I would have
paid out $129 for each set... so $645 for one RH... and they just
patched it, not replaced.

Sorry, I'll pass.  I have access to mounting and balancing equipment
now, so my cost is basically nothing for that.  (Twice I got it for
free through tire rack anyway - when I bought wheels and tires).  So
I'll stick to paying for a replacement as needed.

Z

On 3/21/06, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> I never used to buy extended warranties for anything, but now I will not buy
> a new car, nor new tires, without it. Particularly on a newer car, an
> out-of-warranty repair can zing past $1K fast enough to make your head
> spin!!
>
> Anyway on the Michelins that I had Discount Tire install last spring, the
> prices were as such:
>
> Lifetime Balancing:                             4 X $10.00 = $40
> Mounting, new stems, and RH Warranty:   4 X $22.50 = $89
>
> $129 out-the door. These are $165 (@ Tire Rack, more elsewhere) Michelin
> Exalto PE2s that I got for a great price.
>
> Considering that, with the lousy roads up here, I could have driven 50' out
> of the tire store, hit a pothole, and tear open the sidewall. The RH
> warranty is well worth it to me. We have used it on a few tires over the
> last 7-8 years.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:49 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] flat tire - tire wall damage?
>
> I guess it depends on whether you feel lucky or not.  I've bought the
> warranty a few times but never used it.  I figure with the number of tires
> I've purchased, that I've saved enough by not buying the warranty to have
> paid for several sets of tires.
>
> I bought the extended warranty on my 90 SHO, as I recall it was about $1k.
> I managed to get a new rack out of it but that was it, so the $1k warranty
> paid for my $0.5k rack.  I've re-evaluated and never buy extended warranties
> unless it is for something that I'm really suspicious about or that I think
> will have a higher than average failure rate.
>
> I have a co-worker who jogs every day, no matter the weather.  He bought a
> 64k MP3 player several years ago, and bought the extended warranty.  He has
> had the player replaced about 3 times for free, and each time he is upgraded
> to whatever they are currently selling, so now he has a 1MB MP3 player.
>
> > > You did buy the Road Hazard warranty, didn't you??  ;-)
> >
> > I totally agree.  Nowadays, with tires costing so much, the RH warranty
> should ALWAYS be included.
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