On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM , Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The Midas lifetime warranty is a bit of a "come on"

We all recognize that the business premises of "life time" warranty,
whether Midas or anyone else, is that most folks will (1) lose the
paperwork, (2) sell the vehicle (these warranties always say "to the
original purchaser"), or (3) just forget.  I was told at a tire shop
that offers a free replacement road hazard warranty that they are able
to do that because they simply get almost no claims.  It's not that
tires don't fail due to damage, but that most folks even forget the
warranty exists, or the vehicle the tires are on gets sold.  Wonder how
that is going to play out with the much longer times that folks are
keeping cars (according to national data, not just my perception).

On the other hand, my brother bought tires from that company, and has
now had two replacement tires because he drives on rough roads.

But, if one enforces the warranty, will Midas weasel?  Wouldn't seem to
make business sense.