what is the best tire to replace the rear passenger tire - tire has screw in the wall

[Mark_888]

C'mon - I was born at night, but not last night. This was not a sales pitch: the dealer made no attempt whatever to sell us new tires and in fact discouraged us from buying them. He said the rules were nuts and he would not buy new tires himself if he were in our shoes. He did say that there had been a number of successful lawsuits nationwide against dealers who mixed new and old tires resulting in accidents, and that the dealers in questioned received huge fines. As a result, his management recently put all of their stores on notice that - as company policy, posted prominently in their stores - they would not mix new/vs old and/or snow vs. non-snow tires. He did say that there were undoubtedly plenty of gas stations that would install any tire(s) you might want. This is a big Goodyear dealer with lots of locations in my area.

I agree that many tire dealers will refuse to put different tires on the same axle, and some will not mix front and rear. It may be because of product liability lawsuits rather than actual government regulations.

It’s hard to say that mixing tires would "cause" an accident, but any lawyer can find an "expert" to testify that mixing tires causes less predictable handling and "could" cause or contribute to an accident. So a tire dealer can sell a tire, but risk putting their company into bankruptcy due to a lawsuit.