Tires on the net are expensive to ship, between 14-20 per tire. But i still can come out cheaper many times actually the last 6 tires i have bought have been over then net and have saved tons, almost $100 or more per set than a local store. The big chains like firestone and goodyear are the biggest ripoff artists, they charge huge amounts for their tires. I like the no name ones like multimile, turbo tech, starfire, wild country, the falkens, fuzions (firstone budget line) and any other no name. They last just as long in my opinion and are a better deal. The last set that i got from a buddy/guy up by the farm was for my ranger, also got a set for the saturn from him. But he would sell you the tire for his "dealer" cost and just have u pay $10 per tire to mount them. I know it was the price as he showed me invoices on some and i was looking at his dealer order site and seeing prices. He could beat others by about $100. The problem with tire places is that they want to make $30-50 profit on each tire plus charge labor. And i have found this for places that dont even ahve the tires in stock in my small town. Thats just rediculous!!!!
The problem with the discount tire that i have noticed from the web and the store is that the store has a "limited" amout of tires availible at least on the web site that are availible in the store. For example for my ranger they show 1 tire in my size in the store, but online i think there is close to 5 tires. The store price is not just the web price minus shipping its just a bit cheaper.
I have found walmart is a huge ripoff, i was lookin at a certain set of tires (dont remember name) at walmart. I would of had to drive an hour to the walmart with a tire center to get my "free dilivery" it would of taken them 10 days, i found discount tire direct had the same tires for the same price shipped to my house!!! And i dont pay the tire tax or sales tax taht way either.
If you put the time into it you can come out a head but you really need to know something about tires. I am pretty good with them and the jargon as i sold tires for a brief period. But even me can get burned like i posted abouve with my Khumo tires that had a treadware rating of like 680 but they ended up wearing like a treadware 320. I mean that would get anyone its an outright lie.
EDIT: i am sorry i was not giving the Khumo tires full credit they say they
ARE 85,000 MILE tires!!!
Here is the link to the CR webpage i was referring to for those of you who think i am blowing this all out of proportion or am just mad, well i am mad but justified pull to the bottom and read the specs then read the reviews. NO i am not one of those that review this, if you dont beleive that all my vehicles are in my signature line here and the Toyota Highlander is the one with the Khumos.
Link:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...models/overview/kumho-solus-kr21-99026491.htm