Driving on the freeway today and the low pressure light came on. Pulled off in Sun Prairie and the car was pulling hard to the right - OK, its the front passenger tire. Got to a nearby gas station and the tire wouldn't take air. Odd, given that the tires are runflats, but oh well, stuff happens. Limped the car over to Broadway tire for a repair and they tell me the tire is shot - about an inch and a half slit in the inside wall. Mounted a new-ish standard tire for me and I was on my way.
Now I'm home and shopping for a runflat replacement tire and I have this question for the group - should I replace 2 tires or 4? I'm normally a 'replace all tires guy', but am angling towards just 2 (I don't like like the idea of replacing just one tire, and I'm not keen on driving much with a mismatched new tire on one corner). The tire set is only 2.5 years old and all tires have 7/32 tread left. The tires start new with 11/32nds so they are not even half used up. I've got other places I want to spend my car allowance.😕
PS - Major props to Broadway Tire in Sun Prairie - walked in off the street with no warning and drove out less than 30 mins later for peanuts. Not the most polished/clean shop, but hella service.
PPS - WTF runflats? This is twice I've been left with a ruined sidewall and the third overall failure - although the first failure was a blown valve stem, of all the crazy things.
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Driving on the freeway today and the low pressure light came on. Pulled off in Sun Prairie and the car was pulling hard to the right - OK, its the front passenger tire. Got to a nearby gas station and the tire wouldn't take air. Odd, given that the tires are runflats, but oh well, stuff happens. Limped the car over to Broadway tire for a repair and they tell me the tire is shot - about an inch and a half slit in the inside wall. Mounted a new-ish standard tire for me and I was on my way.
Now I'm home and shopping for a runflat replacement tire and I have this question for the group - should I replace 2 tires or 4? I'm normally a 'replace all tires guy', but am angling towards just 2 (I don't like like the idea of replacing just one tire, and I'm not keen on driving much with a mismatched new tire on one corner). The tire set is only 2.5 years old and all tires have 7/32 tread left. The tires start new with 11/32nds so they are not even half used up. I've got other places I want to spend my car allowance.😕
PS - Major props to Broadway Tire in Sun Prairie - walked in off the street with no warning and drove out less than 30 mins later for peanuts. Not the most polished/clean shop, but hella service.
PPS - WTF runflats? This is twice I've been left with a ruined sidewall and the third overall failure - although the first failure was a blown valve stem, of all the crazy things.
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