Originally Posted by Rapture1

I just had this happen on my C4S at 1300 miles. This was also the first car I had purchased the tire, wheel, and ding damage warranty. I brought the wheel into my local dealer thinking they would patch it and the service guy said "Porsche won’t allow that". They replaced the tire under warranty. Now if I had not purchased the warranty I may have just had it patched, but would always be thinking of that.

This is a tough one to call and also as others have said really dependent on the specific damage, mine was not so much a nail but something wider which could have damaged the inner belt mor that a nial.

Originally Posted by scatkins

Funny that Porsche recommends throwing away otherwise good tires (don't know that but I'm taking at face value) and also sees no need for a spare and thinks it is ok to just pump up your flat tire and drive...

I'd be happy to take anyone's tires off their hand (including the matching undamaged tires in the pair or set.. I hear folks suggesting replacing) that have a nail/screw.. I'm not proud or as rich as some of the folks around here apparently are..

There are things in life I worry about, a plugged tire isn't going to be one of them... (granted I'm never going to track my car)..

If anyone can point to a documented failure (catastrophic or otherwise) of a properly plugged tire in the tread I'm all ears.. The plug will outlive the tire...

Originally Posted by yrralis1

I realize it's expensive . In fact i can recall the first time a flat cost me 1K or so and now its even more . I have stated many times that tires are the biggest expense of ownership (UNLESS one opts to modify) .

The bottom line is that ones health plus a 120K high performance car rides on tires. In my opinion this is not the area in life to try and save money . Also the peace of mind riding on a blemish free tire is priceless .