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Originally Posted by Outdoorsman
I went for my annual car inspection today. The same shop I have used for years. Same company that sold me the tires AND I paid for "flat repair/rotation etc".
I notified them that I had a slow leak in 1 tire and that I bought the plan to fix it.
Inspection FAILED because they thought it was to risky to pull a nail from the tread (not side wall) of the tire! Company policy for AWD vehicles is 4 matching tires for inspection (1 year old tires I bought from them)!
Their resolve: $1,200 for 4 new tires!
My resolve: Plug the tire myself and NEVER do business with them again!
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After Hurricane damage to neighborhoods it's not unusual to find (hear) roofing nails in one's tires.
As an aging novice at this, I managed to plug the two nail holes I picked up inna week! It wasn't an easy job with the car on the ground, but got it done. Very little air escaped, so I managed to continue running errands.
Plugging
race-car tires won't even get you a glance!
