Well here is goes...I blew a tire about a month ago on the interstate so I had the car flat bedded home and I purchased a new front tire for it. About a week later, I was told that the damaged tire was going to be warranted by Michelin because it was a manufacturers defect. So they sent me another new tire. I wanted to have 2 brand new tires on the front, so I removed the front wheel that still had the original tire on it and took it to the local tire store. I told the manager that I wanted to have the new tire installed on my wheel and that I was going to keep the old tire since it was still nice and had about 7/32 of tread. About 20 minutes later, the mechanic came out and told me the new tire was finished, but that he had ruined the original tire when he dismounted it. He showed me the old tire and he had put about a 12 inch long hole in the sidewall of it. I spoke with the manager and he agreed to order me another new tire to replace the one they ruined. I was happy that they were going to replace it, but the story doesn't end here...

I get home, put the new tire and wheel on the car, lower it down off the lift and I hear "ssshhh." As I inspect the wheel, I can here air leaking out. I put soap suds on the tire and it is leaking badly between the tire and rim in about a 2 inch long area. So I remove the wheel again, bring it back to the tire store, about 20 minutes from my house. The mechanic inspected it and agreed that the tire must have something wrong with it. But he wouldn't dismount it because he said he wasn't experienced and didn't want to ruin this tire too. Being that he was the only mechanic in the shop at 7:30 pm, I agreed to come back the following morning when an experienced mechanic could fix it. I'm afraid he tore the inner rim of the tire when he mounted it. It will probably have to be thrown out and replaced. What concerns me is that it took them a week to order the last tire because nobody stocks it around here, not even Chrysler. Looks like the Crossfire will have to rest in the garage for a few days. What a day!!