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Unless you travel to or interact closely with people from NYC, at this time you don’t need to do anything. But just be aware of it in case it starts spreading nationally. The only reason I’m doing it is because of my NYC interactions. Defenders are my default purchase for any vehicle. The best 3-season tire out there.

I'm at over 70,000 miles on my Michelin Defenders. ... rotated every 5,000 to 6,000 miles, and just front to back. I'd say 85% of those miles were on interstates, and all of it was conservative driving. They are 80,000 mile tires, but the tread life warranty ends at 5 years. I'm not complaining.

I’ve been happy with the Michelin Defenders on my JGC. Almost 5 years and 35k on them. I wasn’t aware of a polio booster, will have to look into that. My childhood vaccinations were probably 50 years ago or more.

There is community spread of polio in NYC and some of the rural counties nearby. There is a large religious community in the rural counties that is anti-vax and that is compounding the situation. Most polio cases are asymptomatic, but there are a slim number of paralytic cases. One man in NY is already paralyzed from it. It is now detectable in the sewer water, which is how they know it is spreading. I have several NY trips coming up both into the city and to the county where it was first detected. Plus a have friends from NYC who visit regularly. it’s time for me to get that booster too.

We don’t have Discount Tire near me. I just buy through Costco because they don’t mess around with warranty, plus I get 5% cash back via their credit card and executive membership.

Toyota/Lexus are still the gold standard of cost of ownership and resale value in the eye of the consumer.