Gen 6 – When the Replacement Certificate Comes in Handy

I had headed out of the house last Friday, the 4th of August, and was headed to the store for groceries when I got the dreaded low tire pressure warning after starting up. So I had to make a detour to @Discount Tire store in Chamblee, Georgia. Well, the bad news was the tire was not repairable. So thankfully, they actually had a replacement Toyo AT/III in stock, but would not make it in until later in the day and I had to hit the sack. The nail or I should say a large effing screw had lodged right at the edge.

I had to go to work that evening so, they put on the spare, also a Toyo AT/III and I drove around the weekend and heading home from work went back on Monday morning, the 7th.

So since both the new tire and former spare were of the same diameter, they mounted both on the front, we had them take the right front and move it to the left rear and the left rear to the right, and the former right rear to the be placed in the spare position.

The total cost was the purchase of another replacement certificate which amounted to $40.

While it may seem absurd for some to buy replacement certificates, when the time comes to use them, they DO come in handy and are a heck of a lot cheaper than nearly $200.

They did have to reprogram the TPMS system by scanning and registering all five tires so the system would work properly too.