[Shotimes] flat tire - tire wall damage?

[Donald Mallinson]

Zach,

Like you I have had maybe one or two tires that would have been replaced 
or repaired under a RH warranty,  the cost would WAY outweigh the benefit.

The store I buy at includes, at their price for the tire and 
mount/balance, (which is similar to Tire Rack) free rotation and balance 
every 5000 or so miles for the life of the tires, plus if you have a 
puncture or leak, they fix it for free.  No need to buy any extra warranty.

Don Mallinson

Zach Leahy wrote:

>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-----
>>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>On Behalf Of bjshov8
>>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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