1slick02
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- Location
- Dallas, TX
So, I wanted to get some advice from the experts out there (I appologize in advance for the long message). I bought my '05 FX35 AWD about a year ago as a certified pre-owned from the dealership. It had 40k miles on it, and when they sold it to me they said they had put "new tires" on it. Well....they really had only replaced the front tires. The rears had some decent wear on them. After buying the car and getting it home, I noticed a cut in one of the rear sidewalls, so I brought it back to the dealership and they replaced that tire for me free of charge (leaving me with 3 new tires).
Finances have been tight, so here I am a year later with the same set of tires (3 replaced a year ago and one really worn) and its time to do something about it. I take the car to a local Firestone and the guy tells me I cant replace just the one tire because it will screw with the AWD system. He says I have to replace all 4. Hearing that, I took it to the dealership to see what they said. The service guy tells me its no problem putting just one new tire on it....and the OEM replacement will run me $400 (Bridgestone Potenza 265/60/18). Since they were already working on the car, I said fine, just do it. A day later, I get a call and he tells me I really should replace both rear tires since the other one only has 4/32 left on it. When I hear that, I say "Forget about it...I dont want to buy 2 Potenza's for $800 that apparently will only last me 20k miles".
So...with all that said, it brings me to the questions I had.
1)Will replacing just one or two tires at a time screw with the AWD system?
2)Should I even consider just replacing the 1 tire if the other rear only has 4/32 left on it?
3)I don't think I want to go back to the Potenza's regardless. What suggestions do you have for mainly warm weather (Dallas) tires that see mostly highway and little if no performance driving?
Thank you very much for your input!
Finances have been tight, so here I am a year later with the same set of tires (3 replaced a year ago and one really worn) and its time to do something about it. I take the car to a local Firestone and the guy tells me I cant replace just the one tire because it will screw with the AWD system. He says I have to replace all 4. Hearing that, I took it to the dealership to see what they said. The service guy tells me its no problem putting just one new tire on it....and the OEM replacement will run me $400 (Bridgestone Potenza 265/60/18). Since they were already working on the car, I said fine, just do it. A day later, I get a call and he tells me I really should replace both rear tires since the other one only has 4/32 left on it. When I hear that, I say "Forget about it...I dont want to buy 2 Potenza's for $800 that apparently will only last me 20k miles".
So...with all that said, it brings me to the questions I had.
1)Will replacing just one or two tires at a time screw with the AWD system?
2)Should I even consider just replacing the 1 tire if the other rear only has 4/32 left on it?
3)I don't think I want to go back to the Potenza's regardless. What suggestions do you have for mainly warm weather (Dallas) tires that see mostly highway and little if no performance driving?
Thank you very much for your input!
