Tire wear seems to be a hidden secret Arizona Tax. The construction materials on the road always seem to either find your windshield or tires. Plus the high temperatures seem to lessen the life of your tires; buying tires that are rated for 40,000 miles seems to always come out to 30,000 miles or less.\n\nSo after a recent episode where my tire basically almost ripped in half, I went to Discount Tire to get a replacement. You know the drill, they go out and measure all of your tires for wear and tear and recommend whether or not you need new tires elsewhere.\n\nIt turned out that I needed another tire. But the \"tire guy\" said \"hey, let me see if the manufacturer will take this tire back since it looked to be defective\". So long story short, the manufacturer took back the tire and I saved a cool $200. \n\nPro tip - always buy the replacement insurance on your tires. I can probably count more than 5 tires that have gone flat and/or super nova in the last 3 years on all my cars. That move has saved me a ton of dough.