June 20, 2008
Tire Replacement
I’ve put this off for quite some time but I was looking at the tread on the front tires of my car the other day. The tread wear is very low, probably 2/32 even though I don’t have an official gauge to verify that. While I’m still able to drive the car just fine, it still makes me nervous that the front tires really need to be replaced. I decided to look up what some tires would cost me to replace them.
The tires themselves run $91 a pop, just the tire. This place also has to add on fees to protect the environment, disposal, and installation of the tire itself. There’s an optional coverage or warranty that if something happens to the tire like a hole or sidewall damage, they will replace it. I have bought a tire from this store before, a month later hit a piece of scrap metal that was lodged in the tire causing a slow leak, and they replaced the damaged tire with a brand new one.
When all is said and done it will cost me $263.66 to replace the two front tires. I may have to resort to the EF to handle this expense and then balance it out next month. If I don’t replace these soon my concern is having a blowout or losing control when it rains, which would cost me much more later. I think I need to figure out some sort of way to account for car maintenance and repairs since the vehicles are starting to get older, and it takes more than gas and oil to keep them going.
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