I do put myself in their shoes. I get paid to do a good job and I do it. You might enjoy paying for others mistakes but I don't. I don't think it makes me an a-hole - it means that I hold people accountable.
We aren't dealing with split rim aircraft tires running 350psi. Look I really like my car but, I'm not going to pretend that some how a plugged tire is going to be unsafe or make my car less valuable. A properly patched or plugged tire is just as safe and reliable as one that isn't. If you just want an excuse to buy a set of rubber just do it.
If that's the case, then yes, replacing it is really the only reasonable option unfortunately. But in the future if you run into stuff like that and there's no clause, you can do a plug patch (which vulcanizes to the rest of the tire) and basically becomes part of the tire itself.
I cannot believe how many people think pluging a super sport/cup2 tire is a good idea. These are extremely aggressive low profile tires, you should never plug a tire like this unless you drive your car literally like a grandma.
If it is largely a street-driven car, you have to also consider the alternatives and make a decision about what is the lesser of the evils. The cup2's don't have a very long life and if you are just learning the car and driving it on the street predominately then a plug is a viable alternative. If the car is seeing a lot of track time, perhaps I would reconsider. At a minimum, a plug can be installed quite easily by the owner in his on driveway and have the car back on the road again and this doesn't eliminate another solution. What you DON'T want to do is to let a John Doe tire shop "experiment" with the CF rims. So, maybe the plug just buys you time to arrange the right place to have a look at it.
^This is my current plan. The roofing company already sent someone out who seemed to be empathetic and said they would take care of it. Now, it just depends on if the person who writes the check is of the same opinion. $485+shipping+mount/balance.
