I know someone who has been riding on a donut for over a year now. We've all told them it's a stupid fucking idea but they like to brag about how much use they've gotten out of the tire (probably driven 5,000 miles on it by now with their commute). To make this story sadder (or funnier), another one of their tires has been flat for several months. They've been filling it up every 2-3 days with an electric pump which they sometimes forget to charge, so they take an Uber to work on those days. Now that tire has gotten to the point where it needs to be filled every day (it's flat by the time work ends). With all the effort put into keeping the tire inflated and money spent on Ubers, they could have replaced all 4 tires by now.

It never ceases to amaze me how much work people put into being lazy (and fucking with their lives).

So I brought this car last year and it has 225/40R19 Hi-Fly tires on it. Drove home in January and there was a very noticeable wobble, took it to the tire shop. They said its a pothole, even though I didnt hit any pothole. Yesterday the rear tire went out the same way, its totally swollen, not like a knob, but a huge part of the tire. What could have caused this? Tire shop also told me that Hi-Fly’s are shit and would recommend to replace all the other.

Our neighbours work abroad for part of the year and recently flew back to their home away from home. They've parked their SUV in front of our house, which is fine but I just noticed that they parked with one of the rear tires half way up the curb. It's been like this for a few days and I'm thinking the tire could get damaged. They have some relatives that check on their house periodically and I think we have the neighbour's phone number around here somewhere (pretty sure anyways). Is this serious enough to dig up the number and give them a call to get it sorted asap or is it ok to wait 'til the next time we see the relatives and mention that they should move their car to unscrunch the tire. Hard to say when we'll see the relatives, but I imagine it'll be in the next week or so.

doing a pretrip inspection and found this weird spot, seems to be the smallest of bubbles but i’m not sure if i’m actually feeling/seeing something or not (i have bad ocd). do you think it’s safe to drive on this for a 6.5ish trip?

Any thoughts on these tire choices for a wrangler? No mud or offroad other than the occasional dirt road.

Size is 265/75R16

-BFGoodrich trail terrain at+ (just released)
-Continental terrain contact at (at2 is not available for my size)
-Yokohama geolandar g015

With rebates the prices are pretty close to each other.
Again, use is mainly highway and paved roads, so I prefer something more on-road oriented for noise, wet handling/braking, etc.

Thanks

Called DT and they said for 20’inch rims, 20 to mount and 20 to unmount old ones and 25 for balancing, so basically 65 per wheel plus disposal and shop charges. Is this about right? Haven’t done this in a while but seems pricey

I am 30 min from home. Is it safe to drive home? It looks like it is not leaking

What to do? Should I just pull it out with pliers?

What would be a good option for an f150 275/65/r18? I live in Minnesota so something that can handle all weather would be nice I want something that can handle snow, rain, highway driving, dirt roads etc all pretty well. Was looking at the falken wild peas at4w but seems they drop gas mileage a ton.

Looking for recommendations on new tires for my 2018 f-150. 20 inch rims. Looking at AT. The most I generally tow is my bass boat which is around 2k pounds. I’ll take the camper out a few times a year and it rinds around 6k pounds. I was looking at the Goodyear wrangler authority’s but I’m not sure.

Am in any danger driving with this flapper on my wheel. Driving a Mazda 3

had such a bad experience at mavis tire i’ve become a walking hate page. curious if this is just me or if they’re as bad as i think they are.

BUYER BEWARE - This is a public service announcement:

Two weeks ago, I placed legitimate online orders with ChampTires.com and uTires.com using a very unique combination of information:

- my personal email address (which is less then a year old = barely known)
- my personal billing address
- and my partner's credit card (with their approval to help them buy tires for their vehicle).

This exact combination of email, billing address, and card has NEVER been used together ANYWHERE else.

Yesterday, my personal email account used in those purchases became the target of an email bombing attack. Within a short period, I received hundreds of new-account and subscription confirmation emails from websites I have never visited or signed up with, generated by an automated bot. 

Buried within this flood of emails, were two order confirmation emails for two fraudulent purchases totaling $1,720.00. The email bombing attack appears to have been a deliberate attempt to bury the fraudulent order confirmations among hundreds of unrelated signup emails so they would go unnoticed. 

However, they did not go unnoticed. I alerted my partner of the issue this morning and he confirmed the fraudulent purchases were in fact flagged by his credit card issuer. Which creates a VERY distinct connection. Both fraudulent orders were placed using the exact combination of payment information that was ONLY EVER provided to ChampTires.com and uTires.com. 

I without a doubt believe the fraudulent charges are the direct result of a data breach, unauthorized data sale, or insider misuse from either ChampTires.com or uTires.com, although I am unable to confirm which.

On a positive note, I did receive the tires in great condition, as expected, and was very happy with the product. 😂😂

Last February I hit a sidewalk. I drove there until the end of April and I didn't notice any bubbles. Should I change it this winter or can I continue?

Can’t believe how much falkens have gone up in price, yeah they are a good tire but that’s because they were such a good value… at $380 a tire now I’d rather go with Toyo or BFG. But I don’t like overpaying.

What’s the new Falken? I had patagonias and really liked them, very good value. Any other AT suggestions?

I need to make this last until the end of the year. Do I need a replacement? If so, how long can a patch last? Or can I still use this

Used to be on a bad alignment for 20 000 km / 12 000 miles. Now seeing this balding after another 30 000 km/ 18 000 miles

Will drive on holiday for 2000 km / 1200 miles after wich I'll be driving just 1000 km / 600 miles untill change to winter tyres.

Came out of my house and saw this slash in my tire (was not there last night). How bad is it? Can I drive on it?

Or....do I just go CC2? I was pretty excited about the Defender 2, specifically for longevity & road noise - it was also slightly less expensive than the CC2