holy crap tires are expensive now!

[OutHouse]

the snow storm today finally convinced me to go get new tires for the car. i cant believe how much tires are now. a set of blizzaks will cost me 130 each! grrrr

i ran blizzaks about 5 years ago and they were sub 100 a tire.

 

[Hoober]

No kidding. I was looking at a set of Yokohama Ice Guards for the wife's Volvo and they're $99 each.

 

[Vic]

True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

salt + open wound = :laugh:

 

[TallBill]

I have cheap generic tires that were like $250 for the entire set. Have not rotated them in a long time either.

 

[Twista]

Sounds normal for a mustang owner with beefy wide meats.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Citrix
the snow storm today finally convinced me to go get new tires for the car. i cant believe how much tires are now. a set of blizzaks will cost me 130 each! grrrr

i ran blizzaks about 5 years ago and they were sub 100 a tire.

Better call the whambulance. I paid $800 for a set of Toyos on my F150.

Blizzaks are nice tires. I ran them on my car when we live in North Dakota.

 

[JS80]

Did you negotiate down? Tires are very negotiable.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: JS80
Did you negotiate down? Tires are very negotiable.

Yep. 50% profit margin.

 

[brunell8]

My son-in-law works for Firestone - I get my tires at or below cost, plus free installation.

 

[Saga]

Last set of tires for my truck were $310 per tire if I recall correctly, and I bought 5.

 

[dennilfloss]

I remember when winter tires were $24.99 at Canadian Tire.

 

[imported_Imp]

It's better than paying zero. Daddy use to get discarded tires from garages to use on our family cars... still does.

 

[OCGuy]

Pep boys gives you a MIR on the 4th tire so you only pay for 3, but I still had to front $600 for my truck. Boooooooooo

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

Same exact tires I have on my Mazda 6 that I bought last year. They cost me like $700.+installed. 225/45/17

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Tyres*

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

Same exact tires I have on my Mazda 6 that I bought last year. They cost me like $700.+installed. 225/45/17

I got the same size even. With installation and all the extra warranties (even the one where they replace all 4 just because 1 went bad), the total would have been like $900-something.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: Citrix
the snow storm today finally convinced me to go get new tires for the car. i cant believe how much tires are now. a set of blizzaks will cost me 130 each! grrrr

i ran blizzaks about 5 years ago and they were sub 100 a tire.

Better call the whambulance. I paid $800 for a set of Toyos on my F150.

Blizzaks are nice tires. I ran them on my car when we live in North Dakota.

Did you just tell someone to call the whambulance then proceed to whine about the cost of your tyres?

 

[Josh123]

Last year I had a bad blowout on some old tires so I bit the bullet and bought some nice off road tires and the total came out around $1200 for 4 tires.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

how do you like them? I just ordered them from TireRack over the weekend.

 

[IronWing]

Try putting offroad tires on a truck with 17" rims.

Queue Linda Ronstadt:

:music:
Ooh, it hurts so baaaaad....

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

how do you like them? I just ordered them from TireRack over the weekend.

Worth every penny.

No seriously, they're probably the best tires I've ever owned. The most remarkable thing about them IMO is how quiet they are for how well they perform.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: Citrix
the snow storm today finally convinced me to go get new tires for the car. i cant believe how much tires are now. a set of blizzaks will cost me 130 each! grrrr

i ran blizzaks about 5 years ago and they were sub 100 a tire.

Better call the whambulance. I paid $800 for a set of Toyos on my F150.

Blizzaks are nice tires. I ran them on my car when we live in North Dakota.

Did you just tell someone to call the whambulance then proceed to whine about the cost of your tyres?

I told them to call the whambulance because $130 is pretty cheap. Hence the comment about my $200 tires (which I was not whining about, just stating a fact).

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: Vic
True story: a few months ago a new America's Tire store opened up not far from my house, and we took advantage of the $100 off a set of 4 grand opening special to get new tires for the wife's car. While there, I put my name in the grand opening contest to win a free set of tires and actually won $1000 gift certificate towards a new set of Michelins. So yeah, I'm rocking Pilot Sport A/S's on the WRX now, and they didn't cost me even a penny.

how do you like them? I just ordered them from TireRack over the weekend.

Mine are a little over a year old and they look slick. Performance wise I've had no problem with hydroplaning. Yet to try them in the snow. We don't get much in TN.

Smooth ride.

 

[Aikouka]

I roll with crappy all-seasons in Winter to test my skeelz.