N.H. yearly car inspections

[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!

[ApS]

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!

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!