Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Steven Arguello]

I wonder all the time about that. If you have the tires rotated and balanced 
once a year it's probably worth it. I only use Tire Rack when I'm picky about 
what tires I'm buying, now that's just with my GTi. All other cars, whatever's 
cheapest/easiest. I've been to 4 or 5 different places in the past 10 years and 
I'd say that they're all pretty much the same. 

On Nov 9, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Chad Rebuck  wrote:

I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires 
mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.  Cost 
is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because I was 
looking for a good deal.

Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been better to 
just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus still charge less 
for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from them?





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RE: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Larry Velez]

Some places will match Tire Rack’s prices if you bring them the print out – but 
not all or they will say they don’t carry that tire.  The lifetime balance 
sounds good but I keep hearing horror stories from neighbors about Tire Choice. 
  I have been to Kauffman but was not super impressed.   These places seem like 
churn and burn and have low margins and it shows, they are pressed to move cars 
in and out.

Personally I went to http://www.advanceperformance.com/ here in Tampa which had 
some nice cars they were working on (the place is not as impressive as the 
website makes it seem) and were very cool but definitely ended up spending more 
than I would have at one of the chain places.

-Larry
91 GTI 16V

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Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

I wonder all the time about that. If you have the tires rotated and balanced 
once a year it's probably worth it. I only use Tire Rack when I'm picky about 
what tires I'm buying, now that's just with my GTi. All other cars, whatever's 
cheapest/easiest. I've been to 4 or 5 different places in the past 10 years and 
I'd say that they're all pretty much the same.

On Nov 9, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Chad Rebuck 
mailto:chadreb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires 
mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.  Cost 
is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because I was 
looking for a good deal.

Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been better to 
just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus still charge less 
for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from them?





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Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Holland Phillips]

Two words - shop around. I've had it go both ways. I used to have a place I
always used for mounting/balancing and alignment, because they had the
latest top of the line equipment, and were racers. Sometimes they had tires
I wanted for less than The Rack, but usually The Rack had the better price.

~Holland
On Nov 9, 2015 15:32, "Chad Rebuck"  wrote:

> I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires
> mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.
> Cost is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because
> I was looking for a good deal.
>
> Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been
> better to just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus
> still charge less for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from
> them?
>
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Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Les Noriel]

>From my experience, Tire Rack always had lower prices on the tires than my 
>local shop. What had to be considered was shipping cost. that oftentimes 
>evened out the savings. HOWEVER, what was most appealing to me is that the 
>certified installer was one that came to my front door. Tire Rack shipped the 
>tires to me and my installer mounted, balanced and disposed of my old tires 
>from my front driveway! How convenient is that. No lines, no waiting in 
>waiting rooms and I could go about my day without having to make a side trip 
>to the tire store. 

Cost for mounting and balancing was about $15 per tire. 

I've bought tires for all of my vehicles from Tire Rack for the past five 
years. 


On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote:

> I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires 
> mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.  
> Cost is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because I 
> was looking for a good deal.
> 
> Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been better 
> to just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus still charge 
> less for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from them?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Holland Phillips]

I forgot to mention that I used a rare and difficult to find size of tire -
215/40-16.
I'm not sure anyone is even making that size anymore.

~Holland
On Nov 9, 2015 16:49, "Les Noriel"  wrote:

> From my experience, Tire Rack always had lower prices on the tires than my
> local shop. What had to be considered was shipping cost. that oftentimes
> evened out the savings. HOWEVER, what was most appealing to me is that the
> certified installer was one that came to my front door. Tire Rack shipped
> the tires to me and my installer mounted, balanced and disposed of my old
> tires from my front driveway! How convenient is that. No lines, no waiting
> in waiting rooms and I could go about my day without having to make a side
> trip to the tire store.
>
> Cost for mounting and balancing was about $15 per tire.
>
> I've bought tires for all of my vehicles from Tire Rack for the past five
> years.
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote:
>
> I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires
> mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.
> Cost is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because
> I was looking for a good deal.
>
> Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been
> better to just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus
> still charge less for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from
> them?
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

['Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v]

Ironically I've been tempted by but have never used Tire Rack. My local tyre 
shop supports all sorts of local car clubs which is a rarity these days 
especially with the big name tyre chains taking over the marketplace. The owner 
and I have talked about pricing many times and his reply is that he simply 
cannot beat Tire Rack's price but he can come close. More importantly, he 
employs local people and he supports local clubs - not that Tire Rack doesn't 
support programs but as much as I'm a curmudgeon, I'd rather keep my money 
local. 

- Matthew -

> On Nov 9, 2015, at 19:49, Les Noriel  wrote:
> 
> From my experience, Tire Rack always had lower prices on the tires than my 
> local shop. What had to be considered was shipping cost. that oftentimes 
> evened out the savings. HOWEVER, what was most appealing to me is that the 
> certified installer was one that came to my front door. Tire Rack shipped the 
> tires to me and my installer mounted, balanced and disposed of my old tires 
> from my front driveway! How convenient is that. No lines, no waiting in 
> waiting rooms and I could go about my day without having to make a side trip 
> to the tire store. 
> 
> Cost for mounting and balancing was about $15 per tire. 
> 
> I've bought tires for all of my vehicles from Tire Rack for the past five 
> years. 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote:
>> 
>> I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires 
>> mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.  
>> Cost is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because I 
>> was looking for a good deal.
>> 
>> Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been better 
>> to just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus still charge 
>> less for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from them?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [mk2-16v] Tire Rack + mount and balance tires locally... worth it?

[Holland Phillips]

Cummudgwho?

~Holland
On Nov 9, 2015 20:44, "'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v" 
wrote:

> Ironically I've been tempted by but have never used Tire Rack. My local
> tyre shop supports all sorts of local car clubs which is a rarity these
> days especially with the big name tyre chains taking over the marketplace.
> The owner and I have talked about pricing many times and his reply is that
> he simply cannot beat Tire Rack's price but he can come close. More
> importantly, he employs local people and he supports local clubs - not that
> Tire Rack doesn't support programs but as much as I'm a curmudgeon, I'd
> rather keep my money local.
>
> - Matthew -
>
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 19:49, Les Noriel  wrote:
>
> From my experience, Tire Rack always had lower prices on the tires than my
> local shop. What had to be considered was shipping cost. that oftentimes
> evened out the savings. HOWEVER, what was most appealing to me is that the
> certified installer was one that came to my front door. Tire Rack shipped
> the tires to me and my installer mounted, balanced and disposed of my old
> tires from my front driveway! How convenient is that. No lines, no waiting
> in waiting rooms and I could go about my day without having to make a side
> trip to the tire store.
>
> Cost for mounting and balancing was about $15 per tire.
>
> I've bought tires for all of my vehicles from Tire Rack for the past five
> years.
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote:
>
> I just dropped off a car at Tire Kingdom to have a set of four 15" tires
> mounted, balanced with the lifetime balance and rotation option included.
> Cost is about $110 before tax.  I purchased the tires at Tire Rack because
> I was looking for a good deal.
>
> Anyone else buy tires at Tire Rack then wonder if it would have been
> better to just buy locally? Do places like Tire Kingdom and Tires Plus
> still charge less for mounting and balancing when tires are purchased from
> them?
>
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>
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