Hi, All, while I await my RF delivery late this year or early next, I continue to putt around in my 996. On very limited driving (about 500 miles per month) I mananged to pick up my second nail in the last three months. I took the car (aka "the attention whore") to the dealer and he tells me - those tires CAN NOT and SHOULD NOT be repaired for nail punctures, they MUST BE replaced. Three hundred dollars later and I have a new tire to replace the last one that had only 2000 miles.
What's the deal? Is this reality? The dealer is a Porsche dealer in Torrance, CA - not 'Joe's Tire Shop' trying to sell me some new tires (any Joe's please forgive me, I'm using the name generically and not trying to indicate anything about quality).
I use my car for street and not track. The tire was a 265/35-18 ZR rated tire and the nail was in the center third of the tread (not near an edge or 'flex-point'). Flex my as$, the profile is so low there's absolutely no foot at all at the recommended 44 psi.
Anyone else ever hear such a story from their dealer?
Give it to me straight - if I'm a sucker, then let me have it. If this is bunk, can anyone give me some ammunition to go back to this guy and ask for some $$ back.
Mitch D
What's the deal? Is this reality? The dealer is a Porsche dealer in Torrance, CA - not 'Joe's Tire Shop' trying to sell me some new tires (any Joe's please forgive me, I'm using the name generically and not trying to indicate anything about quality).
I use my car for street and not track. The tire was a 265/35-18 ZR rated tire and the nail was in the center third of the tread (not near an edge or 'flex-point'). Flex my as$, the profile is so low there's absolutely no foot at all at the recommended 44 psi.
Anyone else ever hear such a story from their dealer?
Give it to me straight - if I'm a sucker, then let me have it. If this is bunk, can anyone give me some ammunition to go back to this guy and ask for some $$ back.
Mitch D