A few weeks ago, one of our tires had a nail hole and went flat (I could hear the air rushing out). The nail hole was right on the very edge which isn't repairable. Only punctures more than an inch from the edge can be repaired. Since all four tires needed to be changed, we changed all of them instead of just replacing this one. One thing that I didn't realize was that the spare tire was on the original rims and I didn't have the original lug nuts in the car, making the spare useless. So in case any one has custom wheels on their car, you should always carry the original lug nuts for the spare tire. Luckily I decided to drive back home.
We bought Yokohama Parada Spec X tires (seen here after being delivered by UPS) from Tireteam.com. You can see the tire reviews at the tirerack.com. None of the local places had these tires in stock so I decided to buy them online since I could get them weeks before the local stores could. Big O installed them and also sells their road hazard insurance so it was just like getting them installed by them but only cheaper.
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