This is probably a stupid question but I thought that I would get some opinions.

My lease is up July 3rd and I recently blew out one of my rears. According to the lease information, there is a $1500 allowance that can be used for any repairs including replacing tires.

Does anyone have any experience or thoughts on the possibility of just trading it in with a blown rear, given that I don't really drive on it?

 

Be respectful, fix your tyre, then trade it in.

 

^ also dumb question but do you plan to roll it into the dealership on the donut if you do not fix the tire? If you do make sure you put the donut on the correct axle.

The other thing to consider is the amt of things that may add up to $1500 in damages in hondas eye to the vehicle. If none than it may be acceptable.

 

If there isn't $1500 in other damage, why waste the money? Let them do it.

 

"If there isn't $1500 in other damage, why waste the money? Let them do it."

My thoughts exactly. By no means have I neglected the car it's in pristine condition and whomever ends up with it will have an excellent car with only 19,000 miles on it...so it's not a matter of abuse, but I don't want to pay a few hundred dollars for 20 more days of ownership.

Oh well, thanks for the opinions

 

Maybe a can of fix-a-flat at the very least.

 

buy a used tire?

 

take it to your local tire shop...maybe $50 max on repair depending on damage....

 

I would anticipate anything they find that needs fixing to be absurdly expensive. That 1 ding you accumulated that you can only see at certain angles $500 to repair, etc. That $1500 allowance will be eaten up quickly. Come up with something to repair the tire.

 

An important word of caution, since you mentioned that the blown out tire was in the rear. If you have placed the donut tire in that rear position, you have erred badly. The limited slip differential gets an excessive amount of 'exercise' if the smaller donut is on one of the rear wheels. It can become badly damaged in short order. You want to take care of that immediately. You do not want to turn in a car which shows evidence of abusive treatment.
When a rear tire fails, you are supposed to put the front tire from that side on the rear, and the donut on the front.