Michelins have always been bank. You have to go Korean if you want them for cheap. Kuhmo are good and usually 1/2 the price of Michelin. Goodyear tend to be slightly cheaper too. I haven’t touch Michelin since it came with my car new. I also downsized by rims and same at least 30%. Depending on how many miles you put on your car, that might a worth while thing to do.
1 set for summer/performance/track tires for for daily 1 all season… Before the performance tires were expected expensive and the daily a/s was cheap.. I can’t believe my daily drivers are at the point where my performance tires costs were.
I think I solved the issue with the daily/commute tires.
Found a bunch of folks that sell their near new OEM rims/tires with no mileage for cheap. I’m gonna be picking up some 17″ with new tires from someone that bought a new car and decided swap out their tires/wheels for new 18″ wheels and tires. Will cost me $450ish for 4 tires/wheels. Otherwise I’d be spending $200 each for a daily so-so tire…
That’s a great solution FLU. For me it’s very important that all 4 tires be identical and have the same wear, which should be true of the ones you’re buying.
My last purchase was from DiscountTireDirect.com ($360.00 all-inclusive for a set of 4 Hankook Optimo H727 P215/65R-16), and the prior two from Tirerack.com. You can read users reviews, sometimes 100s of people write reviews, so it works like Amazon.com…
You got a sweet deal (wheels and tires) for $450. What’s the mileage?
[quote=CA renter]We were blown away by the price of tires, too. Four tires for our minivan cost $723.72 after all was said and done. For a freaking minivan! :([/quote]
Oops, I forgot to add… the $360 included taxes and shipping, but I still had to pay another $50 or so for mounting and disposal of old tires. The good news was a Hankook rebate of $40 or so, so my net cost wasn’t too bad. I know, Hankook is no Michelin though.
[quote=Diego Mamani][quote=CA renter]We were blown away by the price of tires, too. Four tires for our minivan cost $723.72 after all was said and done. For a freaking minivan! :([/quote]
Oops, I forgot to add… the $360 included taxes and shipping, but I still had to pay another $50 or so for mounting and disposal of old tires. The good news was a Hankook rebate of $40 or so, so my net cost wasn’t too bad. I know, Hankook is no Michelin though.[/quote]
just mounted some BF Goodrich Long trail T/A 225 50R17s 60,000 mile tires on my truck, at Americas Tire co. they were $540 for the set of 4 out the door installed. I thought that was a good deal.
I did get quotes for worse tires from others as high as $700, shop around!!
