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Adscanlickmyballs t1_iv5rdsr wrote

The catch on any tires is to actually keep up with the warranty side of it, though most major tire locations will keep a record of this stuff for you. I personally go to NTB because they have a convenient location for me. But, let’s have some math fun fully based off of generic numbers, not actual tire prices. If I go to NTB and buy a set of tires where each tire costs $100, we have a total of $400 in value. They’re supposed to last 80K miles but only last 40K miles after standard warranty maintenance to generally include rotation and alignment every 6K-8K miles. NTB will now recommend me for new tires to which I’ll ask about the warranty on these tires I purchased from them. They do a little research in their system, then come back and tell me the tires only survived half the time they should have, meaning I’ve only received 50% of my $400 value. That remaining $200 can now be used towards new tires.

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philnotfil t1_iv5ucoa wrote

But you have to have them do the maintenance stuff or it doesn't count. Learned that one the hard way.

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Adscanlickmyballs t1_iv5yye0 wrote

Yup. Personally, I’m fine with letting them handle those. I’ll take care of the outrageously priced simple things like brake pads and rotors. I remember my dealership quoting me $1200 for only rear pads and rotors. I chuckled. I think I paid $315 including taxes and shipping for pads and rotors for front and rear and took care of that myself.

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