I picked up a nail and went to midas to have it plugged .They told me they wouldn't plug it because it was  to close to the edge and I had to get a new tire . Its right on the tread about 1/2 inch from the inside of the rear driver side tire . I got a plug kit and plugged it myself and it's not leaking at all . I just drive this car around town and rarely go on the highay . What do you think,is it safe or not .The tire still has good rubber on it. Thanks!!

I'd run it.. didn't even know there was a restriction on where you can apply the plug, so long as it's on the tread and not the sidewall.  I have plugged tires all over the tread and never had a problem.  I assume you are using the gummy kind of plugs you double over and stick in w/rubber cement then cut off the excess.

I concur about Midas, they suck big time.  You'd think with their supersafe replace-everything technique, their repairs would hold up.. I'd trust an old mayPop tire fixed with a cheap Autozone plug more than a brand new tire put on by a Midas technician.  

I agree, it is ok.
The technician probably has to. tell you that for liability reasons.

Just don't forget to check the pressure in the patched tire a little more often.  Most blowouts are caused by overheated tires causing the rubber to fail.

I had a Toyota Corolla a decade or so ago that had 4 plugs in a single tire since one of the neighbor kids decided to line up 1/4" screws in a nice straight line in the alley.  I never had any issues with it and the car got driven on the highway as well as around town.

The steel belts have been known to scissor those mushroom shaped rubber plugs in half.  That doesn't seem to happen with the monkey-grip type plugs though.

I think because its a motorcycle tire and you only have two that keep you from coming apart in pieces if you have a blow out traveling at high speeds, I'd buy a new one. You can get away with it on a car but I'd always be thinking about the plug when riding. A $100 tire is a lot better deal than losing your life maybe.

no maybe about it. much better deal

We had several plugs in truck tires, no problem.  I would plug car tires too.

Motorcycle tires, I wouldn't like it.  Although, when I had my new bike tire installed last summer, it had a patch on the inside that I knew nothing about.  I got the bike with less than 3000 miles on it, and I had put another 3000 on it when I replaced the tire.  If I had known about the patch, I probably would have replaced it sooner... just to make myself not worry about it.  More of a mental thing.  But it seemed to hold up just fine.