Plug for Discount Tire. I've seen people come in with a flat on a good tire and they offer to patch it for free. Also had them work with me when I couldn't afford all four tires and was just going to get two in the front, they did some discounting and stuff and for a little more than the two tire cost gave me four. Caveat - it could be just the few stores I've been in, management can make or break any place, no matter how good the product or employees are.
Juuuunk yard tires are the best. Someone out there totaled their car and the tires that survived are sitting there waiting for you to find. The guy who has em doesnt want em. He wants the shelf for more valuable stuff.
Happy hunting.
As a previously poor person, more poor people need to realize where they stand tax-wise, and that they are the beneficiaries of tax increases. But also, tax the fucking rich! The 50's had 91% tax on the highest tax bracket. That's what made the golden days that conservatives want to return to so golden.
Motherfucker my checking account wears unevenly
In New Zealand, it is legally required that you replace the set if you are replacing one. This is so that you always have two matching sets. For example, if the tread is too low on the rear left, you have to get both rear tyres replaced if you want to be able to pass the next warrant.
Meanwhile, at my house: 
All that replacing is a little tiring
My mom lives in a retirement community, and some people have some real money. She was at the pool, and one couple was saying they needed to buy a new car because they had a flat tire, and they were told they needed all four. They didn't know how to buy 4 tires, so they decided to buy a new car instead.
Japan has a class of light car (you can get them to go 140 kph/85 mph but the engine doesn't appreciate it) and everything about them is cheap. A set of 4 tires (not the rims) is ~¥18000 (currently about $110 USD or $150 before the yen started tanking).
Depending on context that could be good advice. However tires are especially insanely expensive now so I get not taking that advice even if you can technically afford it.
For an all time AWD system like what Subaru offers, you will need to do this if the replacement tire is worn, or shave it to match.
This is something I would justify putting on a credit card. If all four tires are badly worn it can become both a safety issue as well as an increasingly more expensive issue later on.
AWD car tax
My friend buys a new helmet every time his visor gets scratched. On the plus side, I get his old helmet.
I get mine plugged and move on.
If it’s a truck, you can often get stock truck tires on FBM with almost no miles on them, if you live in a pickup truck heavy area. Often, owners will buy bigger tires to replace those that came with their new truck.
I mean if it’s really bad it’s better to cough up $500 now than replace your transmission in a couple months. Non drive tires, who cares, just don’t rotate it to the drive tires.
Near me, one used tire is like $35 and will last me the better part of a year, so decent trade off.
This is how it feels talking to my sister and brother-in-law.
Once I was discussing with a friend, and he was telling me when he visited some local sight in Indonesia (where he was working at that time) he couldn't find his way back because there we no bus after a certain time of day, so he had to call a taxi to get back to his appartment and was annoyed that no information was easily available
I kept thinking that I could NEVER get into this kind of situation, I'm not rich enough to afford this kind of lightheaded mistake 'oh oh guess I gotta pay a taxi', if I'm traveling you bet your ass I'm going to plan every single commute
And who are these billionaire friends of yours that didn’t offer to replace all your tires for you?
I remember when I was a kid and my parents would drag me to Sears to fix the car and tires were only $25 each, so only $100 to replace all 4 with another $25 for the installation fees if you had them replace the tires for you.
Why would you do that anyway if the tires are otherwise still in good condition ? Appart from throwing money out the window, it is just so wasteful...
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