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Why Are Tires So Hard To Replace For The Prime?

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by FarTraveler, Jul 27, 2024 at 1:17 PM.

  1. ArtVanDelay23

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    19 inch wheels on a Prius is the equivalent of someone in the 1950s not being aware that smoking cigarettes is harmful. You don't need a warning label or scientific study to know 19 inch wheels is an example of planned obsolesce.
     
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  2. bisco

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    oddly, tyre size was one of the things that prevented me from buying a new prius.
     
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    You can LITERALLY go out and buy new wheels and tires and sell the OEM ones.

    How are you an adult? Like, how do you have a job, maybe a family, you have grown up responsibilities but you throw your hands up in the air and claim defeat because you didn't like a car's OEM tire size? They use a common lug pattern with a common bore size (which you can also buy adapter rings for), and selling the OEM wheels and tires would be enough to pay for a different set in the size you like.

    Like I'm not trying to be all "you got soft hands brother" because I work in management, but holy shit Prius drivers really are softer than baby poop. It's a very minor problem with a very easy solution and that defeated you?
     
  4. bisco

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    i said 'one of the reasons', there were many. are you this nice to people in real life?
     
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    I had no idea who you were responding to. :whistle: