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Originally Posted by J_kennington
Might see a flat every 5 years? Is there NO construction that happens in your area? I guess it's unheard of that my family(3 seperate cars mind you) had a flat tire on each vehicle in a 1 week period(all of which work and drive a completely different route every day).
As for the tires being cheap...160 for new tire, typically 10 to mount/balance and puts you at half of the cost alone. Plus if you have rim damage like OP. Your buying a rim. Can you buy used? Sure...let's say you pick up a used rim for 80, and buy your new tire for it. Your now at...240 dollars. You broke even with the warranty, and have a used rim with a new tire.
I'll happily pay 20 dollars a month, and know if I go through two tires a year, I have my complete money's worth.
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That's just it though - if you consistently go through two tires in one year you just have bad luck and yeah, you need insurance!
I'm at a year and a half so I've saved enough to buy a new tire outright if I need to. It is luck of the draw I guess.
Now the OPs rim is a whole other ball of wax - that definitely sucks.