LSLGuy
October 13, 2020, 3:43pm
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squeegee:
if you damage one and need another, nobody but nobody stocks them (except perhaps your BMW-specific shop). If you’re out on the road in Sticksville, USA and suddenly have need of a replacement tire, you could be stuck there for days waiting for it to show up.
And in fact that’s almost exactly what happened with my tread failure on the Interstate. See this post from 2017 for the harrowing tale which was told in that thread for a totally unrelated reason.
Ahh, got it. Actually my situation was far more convoluted than that. Which is why I didn’t include the details. Since you asked …
My fancy-pants sports car had a non-repairable tire failure on the freeway 700 miles from home. I limped into the nearest tire store at noon on Saturday. A store that would close at 5pm and reopen on Tuesday. I hadda get tires installed in the next 5 hours or spend an unplanned weekend in some random Nowheresville.
Their store didn’t have the rather esoteric ti…