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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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In 17 years of driving I have never had a flat tire that necessitated replacement of the tire. 17 years x 12 months x $20 is $4080. In that time I've owned 18 vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, mountain and road bikes) that use pneumatic tires. And I've lived in 5 different places with varying amounts of construction and road hazards. Those are pretty friggin' good odds.
The thing you're not thinking about is yes, used rim and new tire and you break even whether or not you have the warranty - but with the warranty you then have to turn around and pay the warranty again! So one month out you're not broken even again. So unless you're destroying tires once a year you're losing money. You're much better off putting that same amount of money in a savings account. Even at 0.1% interest you're making money. Unless you drive something where a single tire costs $500 or something ridiculous like that. And since you're posting on the FR-S forum I'm fairly confident that you don't.
