woke up this morning to a flat tire . I should have looked at it carefully last night, because the TPMS light went off, but the tire looked ok.
took it to get fixed, they call me back and say the tire can't be repaired; 'you drove it low for too long, the sidewall is damaged'. give me a friggin break! there is NOTHING wrong w/ that sidewall, I'm not an idiot I can see when a tire is damaged! (they didn't even remove the metal in the tire, so it's not like they removed the tire to inspect it).
so I said just give me back the tire and I'll decide on monday what to do.
went to auto zone, got a plug kit, it's all good, holding air just fine.
(for anyone who doesn't like tire plugs, well, when you live in the city, you get used to nails and crap giving you flats, and you can't go off and buy a new tire all the time. I've used plugs plenty of times and never had a failure. these tires have almost 17K on them, so I just need them to last me until 20-25K, which by then they will be worn and need to be replaced).
took it to get fixed, they call me back and say the tire can't be repaired; 'you drove it low for too long, the sidewall is damaged'. give me a friggin break! there is NOTHING wrong w/ that sidewall, I'm not an idiot I can see when a tire is damaged! (they didn't even remove the metal in the tire, so it's not like they removed the tire to inspect it).
so I said just give me back the tire and I'll decide on monday what to do.
went to auto zone, got a plug kit, it's all good, holding air just fine.
(for anyone who doesn't like tire plugs, well, when you live in the city, you get used to nails and crap giving you flats, and you can't go off and buy a new tire all the time. I've used plugs plenty of times and never had a failure. these tires have almost 17K on them, so I just need them to last me until 20-25K, which by then they will be worn and need to be replaced).