gregnash
Anal Retentive Analyst
So question to everyone....
Purchased my 98 100 series this time last year (drove home on the 19th) and when I got it the guy had put practically brand new 285-75/16 Falken Wildpeak AT3W.
However, the spare is still an original and thus is OLD and doesn't match size (and pretty sure it is flat as well).
Since purchase of the truck I have put just over 10k miles on it in the year of ownership (purchased at ~192k now at ~202,700) and pretty sure that the tires has approximately 5k miles on them already. So at this point, is it still good to throw a 5th NEW tire into the rotation or should I just buy something CHEAP that is same size as an emergency only tire?. The Falkens are running about $230 locally plus install and whatnot, whereas I can get something that is an emergency tire for about $160.
Thoughts?
Purchased my 98 100 series this time last year (drove home on the 19th) and when I got it the guy had put practically brand new 285-75/16 Falken Wildpeak AT3W.
However, the spare is still an original and thus is OLD and doesn't match size (and pretty sure it is flat as well).
Since purchase of the truck I have put just over 10k miles on it in the year of ownership (purchased at ~192k now at ~202,700) and pretty sure that the tires has approximately 5k miles on them already. So at this point, is it still good to throw a 5th NEW tire into the rotation or should I just buy something CHEAP that is same size as an emergency only tire?. The Falkens are running about $230 locally plus install and whatnot, whereas I can get something that is an emergency tire for about $160.
Thoughts?