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Originally Posted by ArthurS
Basically, you could come across saying due to the fact that only one tire was replaced by their claim, it caused the other tires to become more worn then should be, which in turn caused a blow-out, which caused a accident.
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I'm not so sure that holds water. The real problem is that on an AWD car, if you have one tire larger or smaller than the others, it causes one side of the differentals to turn faster than the other, which means that at freeway speeds you'll end up heating them to retarded high temps, eventually causing them to fail. This is why you can't tow an AWD car w/o a flatbed truck. Explain to them they can either buy you 4 tires for $600 or they can buy you one for $120 then in 2 months from now they can replace your rear and center differentals for $4000.
Just don't mention they might be able to buy you one tire and shave it to match the other 3.
