So I have a 2008 ford escape and the rear tire got a nail close to the edge of the tire so shops do not want to patch it. My question is since the car is front bias and rears only turn on when traction loss is detected, would I be ok just replacing one tire or maybe even 2 rear ones instead of all 4? Yes I'm being a cheap *** but the tires have alot of thread left.

 

Find a different shop ask them to plug and then patch it on the inside.

 

I did this on my wifes car , she got a nail in the sidewall discount tire wanted to replace the tire (Tires were literately 1 week old ) , went to a mom and pops tire shop charged me 10 bucks and has been like that for over 3 years without a problem , can't even see it !

 

Thats what I ended up doing thanks for the advice guys

 

Just don't exceed 150MPH for more than an hour at a time.