I dropped off the trusty Toyota for a tire rotation and balance this morning. Easy, right?

Well, no. I noticed a nail head shining at me last Friday after work, and was smart enough to not pull it out right then and there. So I marked that, and added it to the note I left with the tire shop.

I got a call a few minutes ago. The nail hole is "too close to the sidewall to patch," yada-yada. Three hundred and fifteen bucks for the new tire.

Household expenses have been crazy over the last two months... what's another three Benjamins, right? Grrrrr.

I've got slow leaks [2-3psi over 2 weeks] in the LR of both cars. Fairly certain the Expedition is too near to patch, and the Michelins still have a ton of tread left.

The Legacy is due for tires in the not distant future, so it's just maintenance fills when needed.

We went to a matinee movie and saved $2.50 each. The wife's phone leapt out of the car, landed face down on a pebble. New phone was about $800.

They always tell you it's too close to the sidewall. They make more money on a new tire than a plug!!

Yah the old to close to the sidewall. That’s what they told me at the tire shop. I said okay thanks, took it to a truck tire shop, they took the tire off the rim, put a mushroom plug on from the inside and that was it. Ran that tire until replacing all four tires. Never had any problems.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
They always tell you it's too close to the sidewall. They make more money on a new tire than a plug!!

I got a nail in a tire on my Mini, DIY 'gummy snake' plug & its still had a slow leak.
Discount wouldn't touch it [afyer they discounted the tire & saw the plug.

Took it to another tire shop, small with 4 locations, they patched it at no charge & I'd never stepped foot in there before.

Had to get a new sump pump yesterday.
Pump, check valve, fitting and 1 1/2” PVC = $320
Easy enough job, probably 45min total from start to finish.

Front windshield on 2025 Jeep = $1500.

Put the PVC in the jeep, like I’ve done with PVC, conduit, lumber about 100 times before.
This time, the PVC caught the spare tire, and, well…

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They always tell you it's too close to the sidewall.

Yep, happened to me several months ago. Tire store said that and wouldn't patch it; wanted to sell me a new tire. I left and took it to a service station and they patched it, no problem.

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost....

Before I opened the thread I though you were buying surplus nails from the DOD. Excuse me, DOW.

I know the feeling.

I got soaked out of two new truck tires when I ran over a Schrader valve. The tire shop said that the width of the Schrader valve was too wide to patch and I needed two tires because on the rear axle they said it was not good to run a new tire with a halfway used tire.

Since this is my one ton truck and I pull a 15,000 pound trailer with it, I thought it was better to follow the lead and replace both tires. That was over a $700 bill.

WTF

I have gotten to a point where I am having to patch the tire myself. A lot of tire shops don't want to take a chance and have it possibly leak again after they try to fix it.

Several times they have told me it is too close to the sidewall for them to patch. I have had to fix it myself. Takes a lot longer to fix it as I have to take the tire back and get it rebalanced again. But it has saved me hundreds of dollars.