When I bought the OEM winter tyres and rims for the MB, I ended up
getting them through TireRack. Even allowing for shipping and taxes,
they were still cheaper than getting them locally. TireRack has
recommended installers in Canada. However, on-line is not always
cheapest. When I had to replace the Pirelli this Spring, I tried my
local contact and TireRack. Turned out that the cheapest by far was my
local MB dealer. Go figure.
Martin
On 09/07/2016 2:59 PM, Moose wrote:
On 7/9/2016 3:36 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Thanks, all. I've learned some things here about tires that I should
avoid.
And I've learned to be happy that we have a 21 and a 20 year old car,
both of which take standard sizes of 70 series tires. The MB/RAM van
conversion, of course, takes standard size Light Truck tires.
And all three vehicles sport almost new rubber to brand new (less than
five miles).
An almost new tire on Carol's car went flat and damaged the sidewall.
Although not covered by a road hazard warranty, the shop we bought
them from replaced with new for $50, out the door.
One thing that has developed here is web tire buying. Particularly
useful in Calif. without the 10%-ish combination of state and local
sales taxes.
They have a list of local tire shops, with guaranteed listed rates for
mount, balance, service pressure senders, etc.
Order and pay on-line and select a local tire shop. The shop received
the tires the next day and notified me. I made an appointment. When I
went in, the shop order was pre-filled in. I added a smog check,
signed, came back when they called and picked it up at exactly the two
hours promised. Entirely painless and I saved $140 over the best price
I could find for buying everything locally.
The trick is that they have their warehouse just over the border in
Nevada, have no bricks and mortar presence in CA, and have delivery
made by an unaffiliated carrier - and thus pay no warehouse inventory
tax and don't have to collect CA sales tax. I'd guess that accounts
for ~$100 and large volume buying power for the other $40.
Well Shod Moose
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