SandrA9810
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We went over to Sears for an oil change and a price look up for tires on the car. There's several rebates out there, making some of the premium brands more affordable. But I really don't know what to do.
The front passenger tire is wearing away on the outside and causing alignment issues. All the tires are 6-8 years old, one or two seem to have a bit of dry rot on them. I know it's age, comes with the territory.
At first I was thinking of just replacing the two front tires, and keeping the best two on the rear. Then getting an alignment done. Of course, rebates only come with a purchase of all four tires.
Here's the rebate list
$160 - Double your rebate promotion on Goodyear ($80 any where else than Sears)
$70 - Michelin
$40 - Coopertire
The Goodyear Assurance Tire
80,000 mile warranty
$628 total
$160 rebate
One tire review site, has lots of reviews about the tires being loud. But not many other bad things about the tire.
The Michelin HydroEdge Tire
80,000 mile warranty
$580 total
$70 rebate
Pretty good reviews, a few dousies here and there about it, but over all good.
Although most top reviews pointed to the Michelin Harmony tire as a good overall tire.
The Cooper Response Touring Tire
60,000 mile warranty
$420 total
$40 rebate
Couldn't really find a large review of this tire. But most seem to be decent reviews. Good handling, quiet, but a couple said that they lost of a couple MPG (which I don't think we'll see a difference).
The Guardsman Plus Tire
50,000 mile warranty
$383 total
no rebate
Cheapest of the tires available at Sears, says it's a private label brand made by Bridgestone. Basically, it's a tire, and nothing special about it.
Another local tire place we went to couldn't match the Sears price for the higher end tires. They suggested a Kuhmo tire, which there's too many bad reviews for it. It's a Korean company that just came to the US about 3 years ago. They're high mileage rated (100,000), but I guess that's based on testing in Korea where their average speed on the highway is only 40mph (or something a lot lower than the US)... not the crazy speeds we have here.
The weather here isn't too crazy. The summers are warm (95-100) on the hot days, but winter is the only rainy season. And it's nothing like the rain/thunderstorms in Florida. There's no snow, although I do plan to take a trip to Yosemite this winter for a day (but will check the road conditions before heading out).
All the quotes are complete prices, with alignment, balancing, disposal fee, and all that other stuff. The labor charges are a bit higher than the tire store down the street, but their tire prices are a bit higher. I'm also too annoyed with Pep Boys after getting my brakes done to go back there again for work. Spent 12hrs in the waiting room over 3 days for them to finally get it right.
I don't know if we should stick to the plan of just two tires and an alignment, or go for all fours just to be done with it. If we do go with all four tires, do I go with the higher mileage rating?? We've put 11,000 miles on it in about 10 months.
The front passenger tire is wearing away on the outside and causing alignment issues. All the tires are 6-8 years old, one or two seem to have a bit of dry rot on them. I know it's age, comes with the territory.
At first I was thinking of just replacing the two front tires, and keeping the best two on the rear. Then getting an alignment done. Of course, rebates only come with a purchase of all four tires.
Here's the rebate list
$160 - Double your rebate promotion on Goodyear ($80 any where else than Sears)
$70 - Michelin
$40 - Coopertire
The Goodyear Assurance Tire
80,000 mile warranty
$628 total
$160 rebate
One tire review site, has lots of reviews about the tires being loud. But not many other bad things about the tire.
The Michelin HydroEdge Tire
80,000 mile warranty
$580 total
$70 rebate
Pretty good reviews, a few dousies here and there about it, but over all good.
Although most top reviews pointed to the Michelin Harmony tire as a good overall tire.
The Cooper Response Touring Tire
60,000 mile warranty
$420 total
$40 rebate
Couldn't really find a large review of this tire. But most seem to be decent reviews. Good handling, quiet, but a couple said that they lost of a couple MPG (which I don't think we'll see a difference).
The Guardsman Plus Tire
50,000 mile warranty
$383 total
no rebate
Cheapest of the tires available at Sears, says it's a private label brand made by Bridgestone. Basically, it's a tire, and nothing special about it.
Another local tire place we went to couldn't match the Sears price for the higher end tires. They suggested a Kuhmo tire, which there's too many bad reviews for it. It's a Korean company that just came to the US about 3 years ago. They're high mileage rated (100,000), but I guess that's based on testing in Korea where their average speed on the highway is only 40mph (or something a lot lower than the US)... not the crazy speeds we have here.
The weather here isn't too crazy. The summers are warm (95-100) on the hot days, but winter is the only rainy season. And it's nothing like the rain/thunderstorms in Florida. There's no snow, although I do plan to take a trip to Yosemite this winter for a day (but will check the road conditions before heading out).
All the quotes are complete prices, with alignment, balancing, disposal fee, and all that other stuff. The labor charges are a bit higher than the tire store down the street, but their tire prices are a bit higher. I'm also too annoyed with Pep Boys after getting my brakes done to go back there again for work. Spent 12hrs in the waiting room over 3 days for them to finally get it right.
I don't know if we should stick to the plan of just two tires and an alignment, or go for all fours just to be done with it. If we do go with all four tires, do I go with the higher mileage rating?? We've put 11,000 miles on it in about 10 months.