Tire Size Change Question

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Originally Posted by JackandJanet

I'm guessing here, but I think the 5% figure that Ford uses accounts for the tendency of the "average" driver to ride around on underinflated tires. I'm pretty sure most don't check their tires at all, and they depend on the dealership or whoever changes their oil to do it for them, every 3-4 months.

I was in Discount Tires a few months ago getting a tire rebalanced and overheard some poor old soul being told that he/she (I can't remember which now) was going to have to get 4 new tires because the ones that were on the vehicle were worn beyond safe limits due to poor alignment and no rotation.

- Jack

I feel absolutely NO sympathy for those people whatsoever. If you don't know how to maintain your vehicle, you shouldn't be driving it. Period. There should be an elimination process...in your scenario, the customer would buy the new tires and have their License revoked on the spot. They could have their car back but wouldn't drive it again until passing a written and practical test. I can't tell you how many cars I see on the road with a tire so flat that it's riding on the bead, and it makes me real nervous, especially when I have my 9 month old with me. If some ignorant puke injured or killed someone in my family, I would personally ensure that they would not make it to the hospital.