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You need to ask for credit for the tread wear warranty when buying new tires. They won’t give this automatically but if you ask they should immediately do it c

by natch 3y ago

You need to ask for credit for the tread wear warranty when buying new tires. They won’t give this automatically but if you ask they should immediately do it cheerfully at a good shop. If you’re in the US, I’ve had good experience with Discount Tires and Americas Tires (same company; they use a different name depending on what state you’re in). Savings for me has been about 50% each time. And Costco is the worst for this; I suspect they get the warranty money and pocket it because they sure put up a wall with a bad policy that says they don’t honor the warranty unless the tread gets down to a dangerous level.

waterheater 3y ago
Never heard of this before. Got any more information on getting that credit? Can't seem to find anything online about it.
- ukd1 3y ago
  Ditto - this sounds too-good-to-be-true though, as it would negate driving styles in wear.
- natch 3y ago
  1. Buy tires 2. Follow recommended guidelines for inflation and rotations 3. Use tires until they wear down to the level where change is recommended. They have to be below a certain depth (3mm I think?) to qualify. (A problem with Costco is last I checked they required them to be down to 1mm if I recall correctly. That's pretty low, and possibly dangerous.) 4. Go to tire store, ask for credit for tread wear. Normally at time of purchase, but you could gate your purchase by seeing what they say and if they don't play ball, go elsewhere. 5. They have a record of your car's mileage when you bought the tires. Or it's on the receipt if you bought elsewhere, or the original mileage is zero if the old tires first came on the car. They check your mileage now. They subtract the two and find the result. Tread warranty goes for 45,000 miles but you've only driven 20,000 miles. If they are strict, they check their records and see that you've done the recommended rotations. Or maybe they are not strict and don't care. 6. They give you a credit prorated to how many miles you got out of the tires. You got only 50% of the warranty miles? Then it's a (roughly) 50% credit on the price of the tires. So if the set of 4 is $1000, they give you a credit of $500. Your new tires cost you $500 out of pocket. These numbers are not exact… don't be surprised if it's 45% or something, might be something I'm forgetting here. 6a. Live in a state where people are chill. California comes to mind. Consumers are treated really well here. 7. Repeat with each new set of tires. They go by the full price of the tires before the credit, so even though you paid $500, your tires were $1000 tires (full set) for your next set you still get the same $500 credit even though you paid only $500 last time. In other words the new credit each subsequent time around is 50% of $1000, not 50% of the $500 you paid. Important to know, these warranties are paid for by the tire manufacturer, not the reseller. Therefore the reseller should not care and should be happy to give it to you. They recoup it from the manufacturer. That could in theory argue against going to a branded one-brand shop, because presumably they would fight harder against honoring the warranty, as compared to a place that sells multiple brands.

by natch 3y ago

waterheater 3y ago

Never heard of this before. Got any more information on getting that credit? Can't seem to find anything online about it.

ukd1 3y ago
Ditto - this sounds too-good-to-be-true though, as it would negate driving styles in wear.
natch 3y ago
1. Buy tires 2. Follow recommended guidelines for inflation and rotations 3. Use tires until they wear down to the level where change is recommended. They have to be below a certain depth (3mm I think?) to qualify. (A problem with Costco is last I checked they required them to be down to 1mm if I recall correctly. That's pretty low, and possibly dangerous.) 4. Go to tire store, ask for credit for tread wear. Normally at time of purchase, but you could gate your purchase by seeing what they say and if they don't play ball, go elsewhere. 5. They have a record of your car's mileage when you bought the tires. Or it's on the receipt if you bought elsewhere, or the original mileage is zero if the old tires first came on the car. They check your mileage now. They subtract the two and find the result. Tread warranty goes for 45,000 miles but you've only driven 20,000 miles. If they are strict, they check their records and see that you've done the recommended rotations. Or maybe they are not strict and don't care. 6. They give you a credit prorated to how many miles you got out of the tires. You got only 50% of the warranty miles? Then it's a (roughly) 50% credit on the price of the tires. So if the set of 4 is $1000, they give you a credit of $500. Your new tires cost you $500 out of pocket. These numbers are not exact… don't be surprised if it's 45% or something, might be something I'm forgetting here. 6a. Live in a state where people are chill. California comes to mind. Consumers are treated really well here. 7. Repeat with each new set of tires. They go by the full price of the tires before the credit, so even though you paid $500, your tires were $1000 tires (full set) for your next set you still get the same $500 credit even though you paid only $500 last time. In other words the new credit each subsequent time around is 50% of $1000, not 50% of the $500 you paid. Important to know, these warranties are paid for by the tire manufacturer, not the reseller. Therefore the reseller should not care and should be happy to give it to you. They recoup it from the manufacturer. That could in theory argue against going to a branded one-brand shop, because presumably they would fight harder against honoring the warranty, as compared to a place that sells multiple brands.