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You know, I have NEVER had a puncture in my 20+ years of driving until I bought the 996 about 18 moths ago . Since then I hav had three

Sunday, I was about to go out for an hour and by chance saw a shiny nail head in my rear blizzak. Called around and the dealer was only $15 more than the discount guys, so that was a no-brainer. Drop it in Tuesday.

When I was there, I asked the service guy what, if anything, I should do with servicing given that the last one was a year ago and the next is not due for another year based on my mileage. "An annual check up" he says, "basically an oil change and a vaccuum out of all the ducts etc.". "Sounds good" says I "How much?". "$325" he says. "For an oil change?! I'll Pass" I said.

An hour later comes the call "We took the tire off and your rim is shaped like an egg, it's going to vibrate a bit". I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do about that. Summer rims and tires will go on soon enough...

Then he says, oh by the way, you have oil leaking around the bell housing. Shall we take a look? "CPO car, do what you need to" I say.

So, IMS is changed out. RMS which they did a year ago was looking "a bit wrinkled" so they put another new one in as well.

I dont know. Jinxed is what I'm thinking.........
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Well, they're also shafting you at the same time considering that I get my annual service done at Holberts each fall and my last one cost me $145. $325! I hope they at least give you some lube for that shafting!

Sorry about the nail - at least the other stuff was covered under warranty.

 

And don't you get a free oil change with a new RMS?

 

http://www.tirerepairkit.com/ Put one of these in your trunk for next time.

 

I dont know, the idea of patching a $200 tire on a $50k car doesn't really sit that well with me....

 

I had a nail in one of my new rear tires earlier in the year and they patched that. I walked in there with a new tire ready to be installed and they said that there was not need to install it and patched it up pretty well - with a plug through the hole and a patch on the inside of the tires. It was a better solution than trashing a tire that had no more than 1500 miles on it.

I personally wouldn't go the DIY route, but I was comfortable letting the professional do it.

 

I would be stoked to get 1500 miles out of a tire......

 

What are you doing that's wearing out your tires so quickly?

No tire should wear that quickly unless you're giving it some serious abuse.

 

Judging by his avatar he's "abusing" his tires...

 

+1 on taking your P-Car for service at an independent instead of the dealer. I agree with your decision regarding the nail. But, as soon as the ticket started to grow, I'd say I'm picking it up - stop what you're doing. I can't stand dealer service for that exact reason! Even if someone posts a good experience, I have at least a 10 experiences that tilt the scale in the opposite direction....but, I digress.

Hate the nail in the tire thing - sounds like you have new construction along your usual stomping grounds.

As an aside, I bought my wife a Honda and they told me the standard tire is a never-flat tire and rim package. I chose the standard tire and alloy rim instead, thinking that if I get a flat in the middle of nowhere, I don't want to have to search for an obscure tire. Sure enough, my father in law called me the next week and said his Honda never-flat tire was damaged and it was a huge pain and expense to get it changed. The moral - even new technology is a pain where tire incidents are concerned.

Bob

 

+1 on keeping a tire repair kit. This is just too easy a repair. I've done it w/the tire on the car and not even jacked up! The only thing easier...changing your own oil. Last time I changed my oil, it took 20 minutes. Most of that was jacking the car, letting the oild drain, and pouring the oil. I can assure you I'm no mechanic.

 

He is tearing up Southern California tracks at incredible rates of speed....

 

Yeah, I see that now.

As for run-flat tires, they cannot be repaired. I'm running Bridgestone RE750s and i thought they were run-flat tires, so when I got the nail I naturally went out and bought a new tire. It was only when I got the to tire place to do the new tire install that I found out that it's not a run-flat tire - it just has incredibly rigid sidewalls. I was lucky that I hadn't driven enough to damage the old tire after the nail was embedded. The only way I knew that something was wrong was when I started grounding my front splitter on the driveway - visually the tire looked and felt fine... until I checked the pressure and found 15 psi.

 

My daughter has run flats on her Mini Cooper S. When one got damaged we ran into the problem of trying to find a replacement. Not many tire places stock them, so you have to wait a day or two to get a new one. On top of that they charge extra to install them since you usualy also have the air pressure sensor to deal with. While they sound like a nice idea, I would prefer normal tires. Less hassle in the end and cheaper.

 

FYI the MINI does not have air pressure sensors in the wheels/tires - it uses a sensor on each axle to determine if the RPM of a wheel/tire changes in relation to the other 3, then flags that as a potential low pressure/flat, assuming that a drop in rolling radius caused by a drop in pressure has led to the relative RPM increase.

Very clever!