sucks.

That is all.

be sure you check their teeth

that's where they get the term

'long in the tooth' you know,

so if the horse has long teeth

you'ld be better off shootin it.

oh, tires...

sucks havin to buy them,

sucks worse ridin a donut, or two

I hated that, back when I had a car. I was never a meticulous car owner. I could remember to get my oil changed (more or less...even then it was only because there was an annoying sticker in my window to remind me), but things like rotating the tires and the rest of the things that good car owners do was always a little outside my grasp.

Yet another reason I don't miss having a car. I just wasn't very good at it.

got new ones last week! it's worth it

The thing is...my car has tires of a size that are not exactly common. So my options are more limited - and generally more expensive. (The OEM tires for my car are over a thousand dollars - which, no fucking way.)

Plus, I drive 23K miles a year. At that mileage, I'd be a damn fool to buy cheap tires. I mean...I want a decent value, but safety counts for something.

And don't even get me started on the road hazard warranty they want to sell me, which bumps the price $25/tire. I'm not doing that - since I only have a year left on my lease and I've never had a tire place tell me they won't fix a nail hole for nothing, if I bought the tires there.

Years ago, one of my friends got a tire salesman to knock an extra $25 off her tires by saying, "I have a very difficult time spending over $100 on something that doesn't make my ass look smaller."

This is killing me. These suckers cost four pairs of shoes.

XxAxX said:

got new ones last week! it's worth it

always just one step ahead

Genesia said:

The thing is...my car has tires of a size that are not exactly common. So my options are more limited - and generally more expensive. (The OEM tires for my car are over a thousand dollars - which, no fucking way.)

Plus, I drive 23K miles a year. At that mileage, I'd be a damn fool to buy cheap tires. I mean...I want a decent value, but safety counts for something.

And don't even get me started on the road hazard warranty they want to sell me, which bumps the price $25/tire. I'm not doing that - since I only have a year left on my lease and I've never had a tire place tell me they won't fix a nail hole for nothing, if I bought the tires there.

Years ago, one of my friends got a tire salesman to knock an extra $25 off her tires by saying, "I have a very difficult time spending over $100 on something that doesn't make my ass look smaller."

This is killing me. These suckers cost four pairs of shoes.

Goddam thieves! I hate that shit. If you buy it, you won't use the option cause nothing will happen. But if you don't buy the option, give it a month and goddam if you don't fuck up a tire some how. Happens to me all the time! I just bough 4 news tires for my SUV, cost me damn near $800, which is probably not a lot of money to you folks who drive cars that demand a $1000 tire. I don't think I'd want a car that demanded that expensive a tire. Within a month of that purchase I busted a tire which could not be fixed. I had to spend another $250 for a replacement. Pissed me off big time!

Shyra said:

Genesia said:

The thing is...my car has tires of a size that are not exactly common. So my options are more limited - and generally more expensive. (The OEM tires for my car are over a thousand dollars - which, no fucking way.)

Plus, I drive 23K miles a year. At that mileage, I'd be a damn fool to buy cheap tires. I mean...I want a decent value, but safety counts for something.

And don't even get me started on the road hazard warranty they want to sell me, which bumps the price $25/tire. I'm not doing that - since I only have a year left on my lease and I've never had a tire place tell me they won't fix a nail hole for nothing, if I bought the tires there.

Years ago, one of my friends got a tire salesman to knock an extra $25 off her tires by saying, "I have a very difficult time spending over $100 on something that doesn't make my ass look smaller."

This is killing me. These suckers cost four pairs of shoes.

Goddam thieves! I hate that shit. If you buy it, you won't use the option cause nothing will happen. But if you don't buy the option, give it a month and goddam if you don't fuck up a tire some how. Happens to me all the time! I just bough 4 news tires for my SUV, cost me damn near $800, which is probably not a lot of money to you folks who drive cars that demand a $1000 tire. I don't think I'd want a car that demanded that expensive a tire. Within a month of that purchase I busted a tire which could not be fixed. I had to spend another $250 for a replacement. Pissed me off big time!

Hey - my car might want tires that cost $1000 (for 4 - not apiece), but that doesn't mean she's getting them. I pay the bills, I say what kind of tires get bought!

The thing is, the warranty costs $100. A new tire would cost $150. (I don't think there's even a remote possibility I'd damage all four.) For that price, I'll take my chances.

They had this big thing a couple of years back on tires getting old on the shelf and still being sold. Somehow the rubber decays even if they are not driven. There is a way to see when they came off the assembly line and you don't want that too be all too long ago.

I don't have a car right now. I sold mine in August and one of the reasons was because it needed 3 out of 4 tires replaced.

Last June I was FORCED to replace two tires on my car when I could least afford it.

I also have a unique tire size, so I wound up spending $300+ for TWO tires at Pep Boys.

If had been able to scrounge up another $150 for a third tire, I could've gotten the fourth tire for FREE.

Now I need to replace the other two tires, so I need another $300

PurpleJedi said:

Last June I was FORCED to replace two tires on my car when I could least afford it.

I also have a unique tire size, so I wound up spending $300+ for TWO tires at Pep Boys.

If had been able to scrounge up another $150 for a third tire, I could've gotten the fourth tire for FREE.

Now I need to replace the other two tires, so I need another $300

I've also done the "buy 2, then get the other two when it's time to rotate the tires" thing. It bought me a couple months, which was nice.

This time, it's a deal that's only good through today, so I had to buy all four or pay an extra $40 per on the remaining two.

It really does. those signs advertising 4 tires for 100 turns out to be 5-600 when everything is said and done!

tires, ugh. though I've a couple of times the warrenty or rather the prorated warrenty worked out. but yeah I'm another that needs 'special' tires, not always in stock. a pain.