I've replaced a couple on both of our cars recently. One's a Land Rover
that takes mud-and-snow Googyear tyres, the other's a TT which takes low
profile hi-speed Pirelli tyres. In both cases I found the best on line deal
I could (including blackcircles.com who operate as described by Moose). I
showed my local husband-and-wife mechanic business and asked how close they
could get to the price. They got within £5 (just under £100 all-in) so of
course they got the job. 20 mins while-you-wait service.
I'm sure he still made money on the deal.
Jez
On Saturday, 9 July 2016, Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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