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AlphaAssault

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Sep 5, 2007
Tyler, Texas
I need some new tires for my GSX, and I was wondering where the best place to get them would be. Does anyone know any dirt-cheap online sites, or does anyone have any preferences on brick-and-mortar places to get new tires? I dont need anything fancy, just some good all-season, V or W rated tires.
 
I am partial to Discount Tire. They have always taken care of me when I have had a problem.
 
I'm on the verge of buying tires for my wife's minivan, and after seeing the recommendation for Discount Tire Direct (I was looking at TireRack), I started comparing. It looks like Discount is about $7 cheaper per tire. TireRack costs about $16/tire to ship, but Discount tires are about $9 more per tire but ship for free. Doing the math, that works out to $7 cheaper from Discount. I only checked two tire models (they don't carry many of the exact same 215/64-R15 tires). My local shop mounts/balances/disposes for $40, so add $10/tire to get them on the rims.

Anyway, I'd say find the tires you like from both sites and see which one has the better deal, then have them shipped to your local shop for install. I've done that for the last 3 sets on my DSM, but I always went to TireRack. I'm due for a new set soon, and I'll probably check out both of these places to get the best deal. Just make sure you take all costs into account. I'd also recommend keeping the best old tire as a backup just in case you have a catastrophic tire failure and need something better than the donut in a pinch.
 
I work for a tire shop..... what do you want I can see what I can do.
 
I work for a tire shop..... what do you want I can see what I can do.

well, im looking for some v or higher rated all weather tires, no more than $75 (or so) a tire. do you have any suggestions? im sure any tire will do, i just dont know which tires will do better than others.
 
I have two sets of tires. One for winter (since we get snow here ) and spring summer tires. I personally like yokohamas.
 
I've used both Tire Rack and Discount Tire Direct, depending on the tire availability and price, and have had good experiences with both. I really like their road hazard protection and, to their misfortune, have taken advantage of it quite a bit to get replacement tires. Always quick with the shipments of these and so I will continue to buy from them and purchase it. I seem to have bad luck with tires (potholes, nails, off-track incidents, etc.).
 
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