Smoky350

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I'm not sure if all of you know this but if you get a flat tire make sure that you get a patch and not a plug when you get it fixed. Patches usually are couple of dollars more but are a must on high performance tires. Some places might tell you that it makes no difference, but only because they are lazy and don't have to take off the tire to put a plug in.

Tammy

Most tire repairs I have had are a combination of both. The plug has a patch at it's bottom, so the tire must be broken down. The inner tire is cleaned with a hand grinder, painted with vulcanizing glue, then the plug is pulled through the hole. Excess plug is then cut off outside the tire.

A plug alone is dangerous ...

TXIS350

My dealer sells a tire and wheel warranty for under $300 bucks. At 3000 miles I blew a tire and it had to be replaced. Free no problem. Also covers any wheel damage. The first extended warranty worth its cost! Also sells a door ding warranty. Repairs them for free also. Around here you need that. Both warranties for under $500 total.

sirCharles

I have had a plug in the driver rear for about the past 4 months and 5000 miles with no issues...knock, knock, knock.

I have 12000 miles and hope to get to 20000 before getting new wheels and tires.

kensteele

For $500, can't you just buy replacements myself when you needed them? A door ding warranty is worthless when door dings are repaired from $35 - $75.

socalJD

Different strokes for different folks. Some people may see value in the tire/door ding warranty, whereas you may not. IIRC, you did the prepaid maintenance pkg, kinda the same logic, eh ???

tt061880

One time I was driving on the highway and the TPS light came on. I knew right away that the tire pressure was low but I didn't think I had a flat. I continued to drive on the highway for another 5 mins and when I got to the city roads I even swerving left and right just to feel if I had a flat tire. The car seem to handle fine so I honestly didn't think I had a flat but when I got to work, I got out of the car and I look back to the rear driver side the back tire was flat. I was speechless that the stock Dunlop can be driven flat lol. The tire's wall was intact, no damage done at all. I had a plug kit in my car so I plugged the tire up and went to the track the same day and hit a 13.6 lol.

Ramon

I've had a plug-only in my driver rear tire for about 8 months now. I didn't have time to take it anywhere so I did it myself with the intention of going and getting it properly patched but never did. Seems fine though, 8 months later that tire has as much air pressure as the other three.

kensteele

Nope.

What I paid for, I will definitely get something in return.

I didn't buy insurance. I purchase the actual service. In advance. For a discount.

Unless I misunderstood the tire warranty in that when your tires wear out, they replace them for free, when you pay $500, what exactly are you getting besides insurance?

For the record, you are right, some people are risk adverse and prefer to secure their future, for this one, I just wasn't seeing how it was cost effective to have premium that exceeds the replacement cost.