Advantage for me is I only live maybe a 2 hour drive from South Bend, so I can use a day off drive up get tires and either mount 'em myself if I'm in school that semester, or the shop down the street are a bunch of good guys and cheap. Though the Discount Tire not far from me is around the same price as Tire Rack is if I include shipping. So, if I don't want to or don't have time to drive to Tire Rack local Discount Tire store works out to the same price wise.
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April 21, 2011 1:12 a.m. griffin729 HalfDork
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April 21, 2011 11:23 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
Belle Tire in Novi MI had the Michelins for wifey's minivan listed at the same price as Tire Rack, and they knocked off something like $12 per tire on their "out the door price" when I told them where I work (in brake testing, we buy a lot of tires). Four Michelin Symmetry 225/60-16 mounted, balanced, installed, under $500 out the door. I'll see what they quote on the Mazda6 in a few months, but I'm thinking that my Tire Rack ordering days may be limited.
