does this tire shop have an interest in selling you a bunch of new
tires?  yes?  so are they, in any way, likely to be biased in what they
tell you?

bottom line - that penetration is within the radial banding of the tire
and is therefore repairable.  find a cheapo mexican tire shop on the
poor side of town that sells used tires - you'll get it fixed no problem.

ps. - safety first:
since you have the tire off, you can see inside.  look to see if the
penetrant scraped up the inside of the side wall.  if it did, and
there's any trace of sidewall cord breakage, do not repair.  otherwise,
you have a green.

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As long as the offending weapon has been removed, put a proper patch on
it _from the inside_ and all will be OK.

'Curly'

Wood Roach <MSRoach@gmail.com> wrote in news:968e05e9-d8ec-4fb7-bd72-
6214ca41fd58@64g2000hsw.googlegroups.com:

No reputable tire shop will fix that hole. It's way too close to the
sidewall.

The problem is that it's in an area where there is lots of flex, so any
patch/plug will eventually loosen, likely allowing sudden deflation at
speed.

You don't have to replace all four, just the two on that axle. Just make
sure the replacements have a tread pattern fairly similar to the originals.

As with the others I agree. no repair. the rule of thumb at the last job was
1/2 inch (or was it 1/4?).  Anyway, the tire shops have there level of
liability to watch out for. Reasonable, a good patch would hold, but they
are covering their butt.