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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 11:27 PM
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Unhappy blew my tire

i was coming home from college for my spring break. I was crusing at like 70mph when i feel this thing going underneath my body and shot out the back. i pulled over to see if any of my parts fell off. I did not see anything. But when i went to the back of my car, what i realized was that my rear left tire was flat. So to make the long story short, the dealership said," there is not warranty of Bridgestone tires. And the tires popped because you had no air in it. we can tell because it looks like u were riding on your sidewall." no kidding. when my tire went flat, i was still driving on it for about 10-15 sec so that i could pull over. So they finally told me to take a trip to Pep Boys. NO luck there. I was furious. So i called up Customer Service for Subaru. No luck there either. They told me to go to a Bridgestong dealership. No luck there. They said that i had a leaky valve. "Something that costs about $3-$4 and it costed you a whole tire" they did not give me a warranty and made me buy a tire for 165. With mounting, my Bridgestone Potenzas Re095 V rated or whatever came out to 200. I did noting wrong. Whoever made the valve should take the blame. what should i do? no one seems like they want to help me.....please help me.
Old Mar 23, 2003 | 09:14 AM
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Seems like you are outta luck there. Ask another tire place on what they think. The best thing to do is get the road hazard insurance, usually $10 per tire. Once you get a flat that is unfixable, you just pay 10% of the tire. So $16.50.
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