soundmotor
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My local tire guy can usually match (or come damn close) to online so I buy from him.
Now that you mention it , I just remembered I bought tires for my scooter on Amazon . Way cheaper than anybody else .I've done Tire Rack and Amazon. Sometimes Amazon is cheaper when you get free shipping. More often than not I will go with a local place, like Costco, because the money is close to the same and they provide road hazard warranty cheaper or at no cost. Convenience means a lot after you get a flat.
I found the reviews were less than helpful in that there were too many uninformed buyers making comments.
Thought I'd bump this thread instead of starting a new one.
Wifey took her 2016 Cadillac SRX in for it's scheduled 10,000 mile oil/filter change and tire rotation. One tire had slow leak (loses about 3 psi in a month), so I told her to have them check it when doing the rotation. She called me and said the tire had a small nail right at the side wall that couldn't be patched. They had a replacement tire there (Michelin) for $249, and I didn't really want to mess with it, so I told her to go ahead and let them put a new one on. I checked the Tire Rack after I got off the phone with her, and the same Michelin OEM tire from them was $220, plus whatever the shipping would be, plus I'd have to have it mounted and balanced if I had done it that way. Not worth the $29 savings.
When she got home, she handed me the bill - they charged her $216,mounted and balanced. From the DEALER!!!
The last few times I've checked the Tire Rack, they haven't been much of a bargain any more. But I never expected that good a deal from the dealer!
PS They washed the car for her when they were done., too.
Thought I'd bump this thread instead of starting a new one.
Wifey took her 2016 Cadillac SRX in for it's scheduled 10,000 mile oil/filter change and tire rotation. One tire had slow leak (loses about 3 psi in a month), so I told her to have them check it when doing the rotation. She called me and said the tire had a small nail right at the side wall that couldn't be patched. They had a replacement tire there (Michelin) for $249, and I didn't really want to mess with it, so I told her to go ahead and let them put a new one on. I checked the Tire Rack after I got off the phone with her, and the same Michelin OEM tire from them was $220, plus whatever the shipping would be, plus I'd have to have it mounted and balanced if I had done it that way. Not worth the $29 savings.
When she got home, she handed me the bill - they charged her $216,mounted and balanced. From the DEALER!!!
The last few times I've checked the Tire Rack, they haven't been much of a bargain any more. But I never expected that good a deal from the dealer!
PS They washed the car for her when they were done., too.
This is part of the reason I do it myself. I refuse to pay for incompetent work.The worst thing was to find a mounting place where they are competent or willing to do balancing properly on the first time
I've been to several different places, most of them supposedly reputable, for various things over the years when I wasn't able to do them myself. Most have either not bothered to do what I told them to do in the first place, or did it wrong. It just seems like most shops around here don't know or give a shit about what they are doing. And, I'm not unfamiliar with working on vehicles. I've fixed my family and friend's vehicles since I was 16 and actually worked at a shop for a several years doing mechanic work, mounting tires, and doing alignments. The only times I had people come back complaining about wheel balance issues was when I had already pointed out, either to them or my boss, a bent wheel, poorly made aftermarket wheel that didn't run true, or bad tire. So far, I've only found one place that does good work at reasonable prices, but they don't do anything tire related or alignments.There are places that do it right, you just have to go somewhere that doesn't do just discount tire sales. Those places seem to not take the time or have the experience to do things properly. When they start loading weights on the rim, usually thats a good clue that its not right or the wheel is bent.