The worst welds I've ever seen have been on exhaust systems that had
been Midas-ized.  Total hacks...

Cheers,

Jeff

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> 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.
>