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uspsfanalan

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Where do you buy tires?
« on: May 29, 2013, 07:46:12 PM »
My wife's honda fit needs 4 new tires. I live in NC and am considering Costco, Discount Tires and Firestone. I've used Firestone in the past and not had bad experiences with their tires. I would be willing to install the tires on my own car but my wife wouldn't let me mess with her baby. :) So I'm just considering places that would do the install for us.

Where do you buy your tires? Thanks.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2013, 07:49:31 PM »
I just take the free tires people leave on their cars in the parking lot.

JK, I think Costco and America's/Discount Tire are both good choices. 

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2013, 08:41:29 PM »
I buy Michelins at Costco.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2013, 08:54:27 PM »
Costco is often but not always the cheapest.  Figure out what size, brand, and type and shop the installation places on-line.  I have had Sears, Costco, the local Goodyear dealer, and a local independent all be the cheapest on the Michelins and Bridgestones we have used on the Hondas and Toyotas.  Lots of places will price match or beat with a written estimate, which you can get from some tire retailers on-line.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 12:28:45 PM »
I used TireRack.com the last time I needed new tires. I didn't shop around too much (just compared vs. the quote the local repair shop gave me) but it was pretty cheap.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2013, 01:18:15 PM »
Ditto for tirerack. 

The shops around here actually buy from tirerack and mark them up.  Last time I checked paying $15/tire for mount/balance was still cheaper through tirerack -- but that will probably vary by tire.

The last set I ordered after 3pm and had them on my porch by noon the next day.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2013, 02:07:01 PM »
Thanks for the responses everyone. I'm going to start with costco and shop around.

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Re: Where do you buy tires?
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2013, 01:37:25 PM »
Just wanted to check back and report what I was able to find. I got 4 Michelin Defender tires rated for 90,000 miles from Tirerack.com for $425 with shipping, the installation is $80 at one of the approved installers near my house. There was also a $70 rebate as well - without rebate total will come to $505 after rebate it should be $435. The same tires at Costco came to $472 pretax. Now I just hope these tires don't suck. They were highly rated on all of the websites I checked.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!