I blew a tire on the way to work yesterday. The truck is fully insured, including towing, so after some effort on my and DW's part to get the spare on, we had it towed to the tire shop.
I opted to have all four tires replaced. The truck has 85,000 miles. I'm not sure if the tires are original or not, but they needed to be replaced. No need to go blowing them one at a time over the next several months.
The total cost to replace was $636, including tires, labor, and tax. The tire guy said that I could have a good used tire for $50. But, again, we have the cash, so I opted for new tires all around.
This leads to a (somewhat) funny story. Until recently I drove a POS car. Three or four years ago that car had a flat that needed to be replaced. My job has me wearing different clothes depending on what I'm doing, either seasonally or day to day. One day I might be wearing khakis and a button up shits, another day I might be wearing a tee shirt and dirty beat up jeans. On this particular day when I got the flat I was not dressed up. The tire guy probably assumed I was broke (actually, I probably was broke). He offered a good used tire for $20. Different vehicle, different tire, different year, I know, but I can't help but think that I appeared to have a different paying capacity three or four years ago than I did yesterday, hence the difference in pricing.
Anyway, I'm set for the winter now, and maybe set for another 85,000 miles.
New Tires
August 28th, 2013 at 06:15 pm
August 28th, 2013 at 07:05 pm 1377716756
Who knows, but I am presuming he offered you a more expensive tire and still had some $20 variety for the poorer folk. Some of that is probably truck tire versus car tire?
August 28th, 2013 at 07:35 pm 1377718542
On a side note, that $20 tire lasted the remaining life of the car. I didn't put many miles on the car/tire. Basically back and forth 14 miles to work.
August 29th, 2013 at 01:49 pm 1377784163