OK. So i have about 11k miles on the OE tires and I found a nail in one of them the other day.. I haven't driven my car around since then..but the nail is close to the side wall, hence a new tire will be needed.

Do replace the 1 tire w/the nail or get a pair? BTW, how long do the OE tires last for?

Thanks, in advance

 

I had the same exact thing happen at 11k miles.. i just rpleaced the one tire.. it was almost 300 bucks

 

Check the For Sale section of the forum - I know a couple of people here have been able to buy an entire set of slightly used OEM tires from people who are upgrading their wheels or tires, cost for the entire set was about the same as 1 new tire! I picked up a nail last month, right on the shoulder of the tire, so it was ruined. I found a forum member in Canada who bought an entire used set when he had the same problem a month prior - he used one tire, had 3 left. He sold me 1 slightly used OEM tire for his cost, $125 Cdn, about $90 US.

Regards,
Gordon

 

Thanks for the info..i've been trying to buy from a fellow forum member as well but the only ones available want to sell by the set. So i guess getting 1 new tire is ok, and not the pair?

And yes, $300 for one tire is a lot of $$$$!!!!

 

I can't believe that one tire is $300. Look at Tirerack you shouldn't pay more than $200.

 

Its $210 at tire rack..but you have to get one of their affiliates to mount, balance..so its really closer to $250. So not worth it for that tire..

 

Depends on the mileage - if your current tires are half worn, then putting one new tire on the rear of the car would be a problem, because the diameter of the new tire will be different enough to the worn tire that your differential will be working overtime. If you only bought 1 tire, I'd put it on the front, and forget about ever rotating your tires.

That's why I was happier about getting a used tire - the wear was a bit closer to what's on the car now. Even then, I put the "new" tire on the front and will not rotate them to the back.

Why not buy the used set (for about the price of 1 new tire), mount the 1 tire you need, maybe even keep one as a spare (or mount 2 and keep your one older good tire as a spare), then sell off the single tires that you don't use? As you can see from me, the other guy I mentioned, and yourself, there's a definite market for single OEM tires around here! If I hadn't been able to buy the single used tire, then I would have bought the set and sold the ones I didn't need as singles.

Regards,
Gordon

 

The tire form the dealer is $230 but by the time they mount it and all it's more like $280

 

still looking for 1 or 2 tires...no luck so far. thanks for the advice though