John221us
En-Route
So, I got back from a flight to Redding to visit with my sister and her family, yesterday. I drove straight home from the airport. This morning, my left front tire was flat.
I get to the tire shop and they tell me there are two long nails that pierced the tire and one of them hooked into the inner sidewall (not repairable). Not only that, since the car is AWD (Lexus RX450H), you can't just replace one tire, or even two. You have to replace all four. That added $1,100 to the trip
Fortunately (???) my tires were coming due anyways, but I never knew that you risked driveline damage and also the AWD not engaging correctly, by the tires not having even wear. This is a good thing to know, if you are shopping for an AWD vehicle.
I get to the tire shop and they tell me there are two long nails that pierced the tire and one of them hooked into the inner sidewall (not repairable). Not only that, since the car is AWD (Lexus RX450H), you can't just replace one tire, or even two. You have to replace all four. That added $1,100 to the trip
Fortunately (???) my tires were coming due anyways, but I never knew that you risked driveline damage and also the AWD not engaging correctly, by the tires not having even wear. This is a good thing to know, if you are shopping for an AWD vehicle.