For context, I drive a Toyota Yaris on 17 inch wheels. I hit a pothole and got a bubble on my front right tire (the pain of running low profile tires). Anyway, I bough these tires something like 6 months ago and only have 5000-ish kilometers on them. The other 3 still look in perfect condition. I know it’s normally recommended to replace tires in pairs, but is that really needed here considering how new the set is? Feels stupid to replace a tire that is practically new.
Depending on where you live, you may be able to locate a used tire shop nearby that has a one-to-one replacement for the one with the bubble, but as @simulacra_simulacrum@lemmy.world said, six months and 5k should mean your bad tire is still basically new, and you shouldn’t have any issues replacing it with a new one