Chillyrodent
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We were losing air slowly and needed a diagnosis and a fix. It's a busy place, and we did have to wait 1.5 hours. Left without paying anything for a plug and they didn't try to sell us anything. Courteous and pleasant.
Should note that this was for our toad, not the MH.
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JohnInAz
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Hope they unmounted and patched the tire as well. I buy all my passenger tires from Discount.
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hershey
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Had a similar experience with them two years ago. Had a hole in the sidewall, had to have a new tire because of it (your government in action). They replaced it with a brand new tire and my drive away cost was just over $12.00.
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RayChez
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Discount Tires are very good. I was in Las Vegas on my Deville a couple of weeks ago and I notice my computer was telling me I had a low tire, so I swung over to Discount tires. They took the tire off and found that a hard piece of plastic was poking through. They patched it or plug it, not sure, but they fix it and balanced the tire again. They would not accept a penny from me. Discount tire on East Lake Mead very nice people.
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I've had good experiences with them, too, with car and MH tires but they did install some valve stem extensions wrong and I had a flat on my trip north. I found this out from another Discount Tire guy where I had it repaired (free, of course).
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Lady Fitzgerald
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I've always had great service from Discount. Their very inexpensive road hazard warranty is bullet proof. I've been using them for over 25 years without any complaints.
@ Chillyrodent. I thought Discount didn't do plugs. Are you sure they didn't dismount the tire and do a proper patch (I've had them patch tires no charge, even when it was a factory tire)? Some patches have a stem on them to fill the hole being patched so debris can't work its way into the hole and cause another leak.
@ hershey. Not repairing sidewall or shoulder leaks has nothing to do with government regulations. Patches in those locations are prone to failure because of the amount of flexing that goes on when rolling down the road.
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hershey
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:
@ hershey. Not repairing sidewall or shoulder leaks has nothing to do with government regulations. Patches in those locations are prone to failure because of the amount of flexing that goes on when rolling down the road.
Then I suggest you contact every tire repair facility in the country and inform them of your theory. They all quote the reason for their inability to repair sidewall damage to government regulations.
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hershey
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:
@ hershey. Not repairing sidewall or shoulder leaks has nothing to do with government regulations. Patches in those locations are prone to failure because of the amount of flexing that goes on when rolling down the road.
Then I suggest you contact every tire repair facility in the country and inform them of your theory. They all quote the reason for their inability to repair sidewall damage to government regulations.
Some homework for your facts.
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Lady Fitzgerald
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hershey wrote:Lady Fitzgerald wrote:
@ hershey. Not repairing sidewall or shoulder leaks has nothing to do with government regulations. Patches in those locations are prone to failure because of the amount of flexing that goes on when rolling down the road.
Then I suggest you contact every tire repair facility in the country and inform them of your theory. They all quote the reason for their inability to repair sidewall damage to government regulations.
Some homework for your facts.
Show me the actual regulation, not what some site says the regulation is. Many shops still do plug only repairs. Others do patch only repairs (including Discount; at least the last tire repair I got there six years ago was plugless) so I suspect eHow is full of it.
When I repaired tires back in the seventies, no sidewall or shoulder repairs was because of the reasons I stated, not government regulations. IF government regulations now prohibit repairs on the sidewalls or shoulders, it is because of the reasons I stated. I suspect many shops will say it's due to government regulations just to get customers off their backs when they refuse to do the repair.
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hershey
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:hershey wrote:Lady Fitzgerald wrote:
@ hershey. Not repairing sidewall or shoulder leaks has nothing to do with government regulations. Patches in those locations are prone to failure because of the amount of flexing that goes on when rolling down the road.
Then I suggest you contact every tire repair facility in the country and inform them of your theory. They all quote the reason for their inability to repair sidewall damage to government regulations.
Some homework for your facts.
Show me the actual regulation, not what some site says the regulation is. Many shops still do plug only repairs. Others do patch only repairs (including Discount; at least the last tire repair I got there six years ago was plugless) so I suspect eHow is full of it.
When I repaired tires back in the seventies, no sidewall or shoulder repairs was because of the reasons I stated, not government regulations. IF government regulations now prohibit repairs on the sidewalls or shoulders, it is because of the reasons I stated. I suspect many shops will say it's due to government regulations just to get customers off their backs when they refuse to do the repair.
Sorry, but this is like arguing with my wife.  Read the post and admit that it isn't the 70's anymore. Its 2012 for goodness sake.
Sometimes its best to just lose gracefully like a lady and admit that your wrong.
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