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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Dr Rick Daris on December 05, 2013, 02:39:15 PM
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so i got some car tires 20k ago and now the front ones are all wrecked and sears is like you need new tires and i'm like yeah no crap man isn't there some kind of warranty or something and they are like oh well man you just really need new tires and an alignment. they are goodyear tires and it seems like there should be some kind of warranty or something. they were rated for 65k or whatever. do i take this up with sears? goodyear? just pay the 400 and get new tires + alignment?
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so i got some car tires 20k ago and now the front ones are all wrecked and sears is like you need new tires and i'm like yeah no crap man isn't there some kind of warranty or something and they are like oh well man you just really need new tires and an alignment. they are goodyear tires and it seems like there should be some kind of warranty or something. they were rated for 65k or whatever. do i take this up with sears? goodyear? just pay the 400 and get new tires + alignment?
Buy new car. Problem solved.
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so i got some car tires 20k ago and now the front ones are all wrecked and sears is like you need new tires and i'm like yeah no crap man isn't there some kind of warranty or something and they are like oh well man you just really need new tires and an alignment. they are goodyear tires and it seems like there should be some kind of warranty or something. they were rated for 65k or whatever. do i take this up with sears? goodyear? just pay the 400 and get new tires + alignment?
Buy new car. Problem solved.
i hate buying new cars almost as much as i hate wet socks and talking on the telephone. this is not an option.
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Did you rotate your tires regularly during that 20k?
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3-D print some new tires
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Did you rotate your tires regularly during that 20k?
100% sure at least once. not sure if more than that. i mean my god how often are you supposed to rotate those things?
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throw a fit at sears with an email. pull some quotes from their website about their customer service and act all confused as to why theyre not helping you.
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so i got some car tires 20k ago and now the front ones are all wrecked and sears is like you need new tires and i'm like yeah no crap man isn't there some kind of warranty or something and they are like oh well man you just really need new tires and an alignment. they are goodyear tires and it seems like there should be some kind of warranty or something. they were rated for 65k or whatever. do i take this up with sears? goodyear? just pay the 400 and get new tires + alignment?
I had a similar situation, not as bad tho. NTB installed Bridgestones w/ 55K warranty. At about 50K, NTB totalled my tires (10% short of reaching warranty). They credited me 10% against the purchase of the same tires.
The warranty goes with the tires, so you'd prob have to go to goodyear or whoever installed your tires.
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Rick, they are going to ask for a receipt. Might as well put on some wet socks, get on the phone with your bank's loan officer, and go shopping for a new car.
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so i got some car tires 20k ago and now the front ones are all wrecked and sears is like you need new tires and i'm like yeah no crap man isn't there some kind of warranty or something and they are like oh well man you just really need new tires and an alignment. they are goodyear tires and it seems like there should be some kind of warranty or something. they were rated for 65k or whatever. do i take this up with sears? goodyear? just pay the 400 and get new tires + alignment?
Buy new car. Problem solved.
i hate buying new cars almost as much as i hate wet socks and talking on the telephone. this is not an option.
I'll call you and we can discuss it.
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Rick, they are going to ask for a receipt. Might as well put on some wet socks, get on the phone with your bank's loan officer, and go shopping for a new car.
i think i have the receipt. what now?
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Rick, they are going to ask for a receipt. Might as well put on some wet socks, get on the phone with your bank's loan officer, and go shopping for a new car.
i think i have the receipt. what now?
you've almost got it already. just walk in, slap that receipt down on the counter, and let out a hearty "WHAT NOW, [redacted]"
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I have to pay 159 a tire after 10% off and a military discount tomorrow so i know your feels rick daris
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Rick, they are going to ask for a receipt. Might as well put on some wet socks, get on the phone with your bank's loan officer, and go shopping for a new car.
i think i have the receipt. what now?
you've almost got it already. just walk in, slap that receipt down on the counter, and let out a hearty "WHAT NOW, [redacted]"
I like this approach
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i don't have a problem paying for things but those tires only last 20k when i thought they'd go maybe three times that much and if you can't trust a tire salesman then who can you trust really?
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Did you rotate your tires regularly during that 20k?
100% sure at least once. not sure if more than that. i mean my god how often are you supposed to rotate those things?
I never rotate mine either, but I think every 5K miles or something like that.
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Did you rotate your tires regularly during that 20k?
100% sure at least once. not sure if more than that. i mean my god how often are you supposed to rotate those things?
I never rotate mine either, but I think every 5K miles or something like that.
that's absurd. people would be spending roughly 7% of their free time rotating their tires. hey you going to the game tonight? nope. thursday night is rotate night in the daris household.
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rick how many tires does your car take?
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I get mine rotated with every oil change. my sled only gets an oil change every 8k miles.
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Did you rotate your tires regularly during that 20k?
100% sure at least once. not sure if more than that. i mean my god how often are you supposed to rotate those things?
I never rotate mine either, but I think every 5K miles or something like that.
that's absurd. people would be spending roughly 7% of their free time rotating their tires. hey you going to the game tonight? nope. thursday night is rotate night in the daris household.
Yeah. He must be thinking of oil changes.
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sometimes when i forget to rotate the batteries in my TV remote the batteries will die. so instead of buying 4 new batteries ill just put 2 new batteries in there with 2 old ones to save a bit of $. im thinking your car works pretty similar to this.
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did some research on this tire thing. very different from batteries.
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Rick, they are going to ask for a receipt. Might as well put on some wet socks, get on the phone with your bank's loan officer, and go shopping for a new car.
i think i have the receipt. what now?
you've almost got it already. just walk in, slap that receipt down on the counter, and let out a hearty "WHAT NOW, [redacted]"
I like this approach
Confirmed. At a place like Sears, that will be all it takes. Also, they will pro-rate the coverage to exclude the value of the 20K miles used.
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that's absurd. people would be spending roughly 7% of their free time rotating their tires. hey you going to the game tonight? nope. thursday night is rotate night in the daris household.
I'd like to think that if I had the extra cash to do all the suggested maintenance-y stuff on my car, that I would do so. I totally wouldn't though, there are a million things like rotating your tires that you are supposed to get done way more often than you do. Seems like a big hassle.
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that's absurd. people would be spending roughly 7% of their free time rotating their tires. hey you going to the game tonight? nope. thursday night is rotate night in the daris household.
I'd like to think that if I had the extra cash to do all the suggested maintenance-y stuff on my car, that I would do so. I totally wouldn't though, there are a million things like rotating your tires that you are supposed to get done way more often than you do. Seems like a big hassle.
pretty awesome until you blow a tire and kill a family of 4
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that's absurd. people would be spending roughly 7% of their free time rotating their tires. hey you going to the game tonight? nope. thursday night is rotate night in the daris household.
I'd like to think that if I had the extra cash to do all the suggested maintenance-y stuff on my car, that I would do so. I totally wouldn't though, there are a million things like rotating your tires that you are supposed to get done way more often than you do. Seems like a big hassle.
pretty awesome until you blow a tire and kill a family of 4
I'm not really negligent, there is just a lot of stuff I could do to make my car last longer, really only hurting myself...although I haven't really done the cost analysis to see if the extra life of the car would be worth all the $$ I paid in maintenance.
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What do you drive? F(ront)WD, RWD, or AWD?
Treadlife warranties are riddled with exceptions and generally worthless. Read the fine print of your warranty. First, it probably requires documentation that you rotate your tires at least every 10,000 miles. (And you should rotate your tires every time you get an oil change). you'll need the receipts to prove this.
Second, you generally have to be down to 2/32s of tread in order for the warranty to kick in. Are you down to that?
Third, the wear has to be even across all 4 tires. If it isn't, Goodyear won't honor the warranty - they'll blame it on bad alignment. If it's only your front tires, that's a problem.
Fourth, the warranty is prorated (meaning you've already burned a third of your warranty amount), and can only be applied against another set of Goodyear tires, usually at MSRP.
In summary, you'll probably be better off just buying a new set at a cheaper price. Or, you might consider just rotating your tires and trying to squeeze another 5k of life out of them.
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rick I just checked your tread and you are at 1/16 tread.. not sure if thats the same as 2/32 but I'll confirm with mocat later
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More info on tire warranties. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=34 (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=34)
Again, those warranties are pretty much worthless, but if you bought the tires from Sears, they might help you out. It's worth a try. I'd be pissed if I only got 20k out of a set of tires.
Also, treadlife numbers are not realistic, but you should expect to get about 2/3s of that if you properly rotate the tires, keep them properly inflated, and don't drive erratically.
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After more thought, (and reading K-S-U who sounds like he knows what he's talking about) I think you are probably hosed on any kind of warranty. You probably hit a curb hard and have alignment issues.
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20K? I'd be pissed. Find the receipt for purchase and any rotation. If you can't find them, consider it a life lesson to keep your receipts and rotate your tires.
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Walk.
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Are you kidding me? Hit some rock in the middle of i70 and blew my rear drivers tire. Now I'm at wal mart. Kill me.
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Are you kidding me? Hit some rock in the middle of i70 and blew my rear drivers tire. Now I'm at wal mart. Kill me.
i found a nail in the side of my tire last week. it was jammed in there pretty well and the tire wasnt leaking at all but it still scared me so i got it replaced. they cant patch it up if its on the side of the tire :(. goodbye $140
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I think 6-8 thousand miles is the recommended distance between rotations. Depend on the tire.
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Most cops I know drive their squad car everywhere even off duty. Cut backs at Riley county?
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Are you kidding me? Hit some rock in the middle of i70 and blew my rear drivers tire. Now I'm at wal mart. Kill me.
i found a nail in the side of my tire last week. it was jammed in there pretty well and the tire wasnt leaking at all but it still scared me so i got it replaced. they cant patch it up if its on the side of the tire :(. goodbye $140
Yeah, side wall and you are kind of screwed.
Some idiots (tire company lobbyist probably) passed a law that you cannot have two patches on a tire if the patches are within 90 degrees of each other. We used to have 15-20 patches in the same tire back in dobber's younger days. It was like a patchesPAK.
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Walk.
rick, lets move in with lefty and we won't have to drive at all. except when its super cold we can make lefty drive us around
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Walk.
rick, lets move in with lefty and we won't have to drive at all. except when its super cold we can make lefty drive us around
better yet, we just get bikes and then ask for the keys to his car for when we really need it, like if we have a date or something.
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tomorrow I'm going to move into leftys house just like the japanese did in hawaii
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tomorrow I'm going to move into leftys house just like the japanese did in hawaii
do know where exactly we're even talking about? osage or leavenworth and i'm in but humboldt and i'm probably out. fremont probably. laramie i'd say it depends if it's east or west of juliette and don't even get me started on the complexities that encompass moro st. i really just need more specifics.
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new tires are great, should enjoy them
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I'm getting ready to buy new tires too. :frown:
go to this site: www.simpletire.com (http://www.simpletire.com) and input the size of your tire. choose a decent name brand tire and have them delivered to your house. call around and see which car shops in your area will install tires that you bring in yourself. I've found that a lot of stand-alone places will. probably not sears or wal-mart or big places like that. I'm taking mine to big-o tire. they said they'll do it for the same price on labor, weight and balance, etc as if you bought the tires from them. you could save some serious scratch.
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What do you drive? F(ront)WD, RWD, or AWD?
Treadlife warranties are riddled with exceptions and generally worthless. Read the fine print of your warranty. First, it probably requires documentation that you rotate your tires at least every 10,000 miles. (And you should rotate your tires every time you get an oil change). you'll need the receipts to prove this.
Second, you generally have to be down to 2/32s of tread in order for the warranty to kick in. Are you down to that?
Third, the wear has to be even across all 4 tires. If it isn't, Goodyear won't honor the warranty - they'll blame it on bad alignment. If it's only your front tires, that's a problem.
Fourth, the warranty is prorated (meaning you've already burned a third of your warranty amount), and can only be applied against another set of Goodyear tires, usually at MSRP.
In summary, you'll probably be better off just buying a new set at a cheaper price. Or, you might consider just rotating your tires and trying to squeeze another 5k of life out of them.
good points here.
Can you tell us what kind of car it is? Are the tires worn evenly?
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I'm getting ready to buy new tires too. :frown:
go to this site: www.simpletire.com (http://www.simpletire.com) and input the size of your tire. choose a decent name brand tire and have them delivered to your house. call around and see which car shops in your area will install tires that you bring in yourself. I've found that a lot of stand-alone places will. probably not sears or wal-mart or big places like that. I'm taking mine to big-o tire. they said they'll do it for the same price on labor, weight and balance, etc as if you bought the tires from them. you could save some serious scratch.
:lol: racist tire site is racist
Chinese tires named LingLong. :Yuck:
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i went to costco today to pick up a fire extinguisher and as i walked by their tires section i realized that i enjoy the smell of new tires.
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enjoy it while you can, clams. drink deeply of these days.
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enjoy it while you can, clams. drink deeply of these days.
it goes away? :sdeek:
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enjoy it while you can, clams. drink deeply of these days.
it goes away? :sdeek:
scary to think about, i hope not
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Japanese Costco anti#ack: it costs like $25 in tolls round trip. The hellbeemstra cant haul enough tuna cans to turn a profit on that voyage.
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:sdeek:
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What if you take a bus or streetcar?
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Named desire
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