Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »Dave when was the last time you needed a tire replaced? In the 2decades of driving I have done, I've only had to have two tires replaced. One I bought it at a local shop who denied the warranty. Most shops will just say it's not a manufacture defect so you need to buy a new tire.If I get a flat. I have my own plug repair kit that I have used several times so I don't need to wait hrs for a service person to put in a plug I can do it in 5 mins.As for the treadwear warranty, please.... I bought a set of tires from tirerack and had to have the tire replaced they made me jump threw hoops for the claim and I even bought their tire warranty. It's not even a tirerack warranty it's done threw a third party company. In the end I got 20bucks on a tire that cost 89 bucks and had 5000 miles on it. The treadwear was rated for 50,000 miles.I've bought several tires from tireeasy. Never had an issue.Nice enjoy Thanks, I couldn't have said it better myself.. I have had bad luck as well with trying to make a warranty claims. So I just make it a general rule to just buy something of good quality to begin with regardless what kind of warranty is included.. I use to have a car with a Die-Hard battery that would die every 2½ years, usually just after the free replacement period.. Of course it had a warranty, and Sears would be more than happy to pro-rate the replacement battery so I would save maybe 15 bucks off the cost of a new one. But I was losing money and time from having to miss work and wait at the shop.. So after the second time I just said screw the warranty, bought an Interstate battery, and that battery gave me 6 years of trouble free service. I don't need a warranty to feel "Warm & Fuzzy" inside.. Besides you need to be a lawyer to be able to read it.. This is the 40,000 tread-mile warranty that comes with the tires I bought, which I'm sure is not much different from most tire warranties when it comes to all the exclusions and unrealistic conditions you need to meet to make a claim..
http://www.thefuzionzone.com/fz_warranty.asp http://www.tires-easy.com/Road...s.pdfSo for me I'll stick with a good plug repair kit and continue to decline the box that says "Check here if you would like to add the road hazard warranty for an additional 10 Dollars per tire"