From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
|> > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 16:29:20 EST
|> > From: bobj@meaddata.com (Robert Jones)
|> > To: timd@ptltd.com
|> > Subject: Re: Tire Rack
|> > Cc: british-cars@autox.team.net
|> >
|> > From: timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski)
|> >
|> > |> Anybody dealt with this outfit? I saw their ad in Road&Track and they
|> > |> seem to have lots of exotic stuff which the friendly neighborhood tire
|> > |> stores (even big ones) have never heard of.
|> >
|> > I have. I was very pleased. I bought a set of Pirellis for my Mazda
|> > this summer. They were about 20% cheaper than anyone locally and
|> > shipping was only $4/tire (about the same as sales tax). They UPSed
|> > the tires to me and I got them in 24 hours.
|>
|> You will save a little but unless you're ordering tires that you can't
|> get locally, it may not be worth it. I found that I had to pay a
|> premium to have my discount mail order tires mounted and balanced at a
|> local tire shop.
You might try Walmart, that's what I did. They quoted me a lower
price than anyone else and then charged me even less. In fact their
mounting & balancing prices were lower than what I paid a tire store
when I had tires mounted on my MG a year ago. All in all I think I
save about $60, well worth the hassle of loading the car with tires
and driving to Walmart.
Bob
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