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tonyrama
Got a flat on the way to work yesterday. I pulled up to an intersection and
as far as I know it was fine. Pulled away and I heard the rubbing. There was
a gas station a couple hundred yards ahead, so I drove it up and pulled off.
It had a fairly large bolt smack dab in the center of the tread, leaving a
fairly large hole. The tires were bought and installed in July '02, and only
have about 10,000 miles on them. The dealer where I bought the tires said
they won't honor the roadhazard warrenty because they said I drove on the
sidewalls, and tried to sell me a new set of tires for $300. I'm not very
happy about that, and am going to take it up with them again. But I have a
couple of questions.
The tires were rated for 40,000 miles, but they said they were dry rotted
and ought to be replaced anyway. How long should a tire last, disregarding
miles?
How much play do I have in the diameter of each tire before it becomes to
much for the diffs? Even if they would replace the tire, would I then have
to replace all of them anyway?
How much damage might I have done by driving, say, 15 miles on a 9 year old,
pristine (never seen the light of day) space saver spare? I did pump it up
to the requested 60 lbs, but it would be full diameter, right?
Tonyrama
'95 Outback
as far as I know it was fine. Pulled away and I heard the rubbing. There was
a gas station a couple hundred yards ahead, so I drove it up and pulled off.
It had a fairly large bolt smack dab in the center of the tread, leaving a
fairly large hole. The tires were bought and installed in July '02, and only
have about 10,000 miles on them. The dealer where I bought the tires said
they won't honor the roadhazard warrenty because they said I drove on the
sidewalls, and tried to sell me a new set of tires for $300. I'm not very
happy about that, and am going to take it up with them again. But I have a
couple of questions.
The tires were rated for 40,000 miles, but they said they were dry rotted
and ought to be replaced anyway. How long should a tire last, disregarding
miles?
How much play do I have in the diameter of each tire before it becomes to
much for the diffs? Even if they would replace the tire, would I then have
to replace all of them anyway?
How much damage might I have done by driving, say, 15 miles on a 9 year old,
pristine (never seen the light of day) space saver spare? I did pump it up
to the requested 60 lbs, but it would be full diameter, right?
Tonyrama
'95 Outback