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#34 of 37 Tire repair for tubo tire by ffong Jun 23, 2009 (6:10 pm)
I just purchased my first 911 4S Cabriolet.My wife is driving it now she found the rear tire had a nail in it. When my wife took the car to the local Porsche dealer, the service manager, told my wife that Porsche will not fix a simple nail in the tire because of liabilities. She needs to buy a new tire and replace it. They send my wife to a tire shop to do the repair, anyone out there had the same experienced? My personal opinion is that they may hold more liabilities turning my wife away, knowingly that she drives with a nail in the tire.........not a very considerate in more ways than one, safety, customer service, and liabilities. please give me your feed back......   Francis Replies to this message: dfinkelsteinmd (Jun 23, 2009 6:51 pm) ffong (Jul 01, 2009 9:35 pm)
#35 of 37 Re: Tire repair for tubo tire [ffong] by dfinkelsteinmd Jun 23, 2009 (6:51 pm)
Replying to: ffong (Jun 23, 2009 6:10 pm) Although this advice is self-serving and expensive, it is not unusual. I suggest you try a local tire shop that handles the Michelin or Pirelli's that your car wears. They will most likely repair your tire or offer to replace it if there is any warranty left on it. If you think a new tire is expensive, you can imagine the outrage I felt when a dealer strongly recommended replacing both rear tires on my Porsche when only one had a flat... Replies to this message: ffong (Jul 01, 2009 9:35 pm)
#36 of 37 Re: Tire repair for tubo tire [dfinkelsteinmd] by ffong Jul 01, 2009 (9:35 pm)
Replying to: dfinkelsteinmd (Jun 23, 2009 6:51 pm) Thank you for your input.
#37 of 37 tire repair by jerseyguy1 Aug 15, 2009 (8:29 am)
When I had my Boxster the thing seemed to attract nails into the right rear tire. Called my Porsche service manager and he gave me the same story. His explanation was that the tires were a certain speed rating and once repaired they were no longer certified at that speed rating. A liability thing. Made sense to me.   Took the car to my local wrench who serviced my beater and my wife's car and he put a plug in the tire. Plug held up until I turned the car in at the end of the lease. I could no longer drive it at 120 mph but I never did that anyway.

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