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Tires
- Thread starter scubaduba
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I get them from my mechanic, who has been the only person I've trusted with my truck since I bought it. He just sold me my fifth set of tires last week. I noticed my car was suddenly handling strangely and I discovered a big bulging blow out waiting to happen. Turns out I bought them in 2010?!? Oh well.
Fixed. The sidewalls will have more cracks than you can imagine in three years. but hey, go for it.
Loud tires save lives.
With all the stupid distracted drivers on the road lately, you can hear me coming a mile away....... sounds like a swarm of bees coming down the road.
I've had a set on my chevy for about 5 years now with no issues, the Buick has about 3 years on them and no issues so far.
The local Walmarts around here have clearance price stacks of tires from time to time. Seems totally random. Never know when they're going to do it.
Last summer I dug into a stack and found the size I needed for my truck. 20 bucks each plus tax.
So if anybody lives near a Walmart it's worth check in from time to time. Even if you don't need tires immediately you can save some big bucks.
Last summer I dug into a stack and found the size I needed for my truck. 20 bucks each plus tax.
So if anybody lives near a Walmart it's worth check in from time to time. Even if you don't need tires immediately you can save some big bucks.
+1 for Discount Tire.
They've been good with selection & prices in the last four states I've lived in. Free rotations & flat repairs regardless if you bought the tires there. (Yes, I know that is to get you in the door, regardless...)
They also GAVE my daughter a set of tires for her car when she was flat broke and suddenly found out she needed four tires.
Good people in my experience. My hat's off to Discount Tire.
They've been good with selection & prices in the last four states I've lived in. Free rotations & flat repairs regardless if you bought the tires there. (Yes, I know that is to get you in the door, regardless...)
They also GAVE my daughter a set of tires for her car when she was flat broke and suddenly found out she needed four tires.
Good people in my experience. My hat's off to Discount Tire.
Yes rubber does break down. I check the tires thoroughly first. Any weather checks, especially around the bead, forget it. I've walked away from some tires, but have gotten a good deal on most.
IME it's not so much age as the quality of the tire. I've had Marathon Radials on my trailer that looked and worked great for the first 12 years or so. Some others same way. I've also had 2 sets of brand new tires that went bad in the first couple years, less than 20k miles. One the tread started falling off in chunks, the other severely cracked and leaked around the bead.
That being said I've never had a blowout while moving in 25 years of driving, and I've driven 30k+ a year most of those years.
Loud tires save lives.
With all the stupid distracted drivers on the road lately, you can hear me coming a mile away....... sounds like a swarm of bees coming down the road.
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Dang. How many miles do you get out of set of Swampers?
Best I've gotten is 35,000 miles out of a set and they still would have passed inspection when I took them off.
Oh wait, now I remember. You were the motor head that took over the car thread
It's nice to be recognized for my contributions here at TB. Thanks.
But, If I'm the "motor head", shouldn't I have your avatar??
Not too bad considering that's what I got from my Goodyear MT/Rs, which aren't half as aggro!
I've had a few sets of the old style MT/R's. The 285's went maybe 30,000 miles while the 265's went pretty much forever. I bought them used in 2004 (had 5000 miles on them, original owner complained that the hydroplaned at 85 mph) and today they are on my brother in law's truck. All told, they were on four different trucks that I owned and now his, probably 65,000 miles on them and they're down to 3/32" of tread.No question we got our money's worth out of them.
Next to the Buckshot Radial Mudders on my plow truck, the old style MT/R's are the second best tire I've ever had in the snow. I had a set of 235 MT/R's on a 93 Grand Cherokee and you couldn't stop that thing in the snow..... my wife drove it a few winters and loved them.
+1 I've been buying my tires from them since 1984. They have decent prices and the customer service is always excellent. You can also buy their warranty on the tires on a new car. I think I paid $125.00 for my wife's new Kia Soul for a lifetime warranty.
Two stories. Once, I was very broke and had a tire that was totally wasted. I couldn't afford a tire at the time, so the manager gave me a used tire to get by on until I could afford to buy a new tire.
Second, I had a set for my pickup that went went below specs (tread measurements) at about 2/3 of the warranty milage. They replaced them without me having to fight over it.
When I need tires, I don't even look other places, I just go there and get what I need.
