Theseus
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2013
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I've bought several sets from Tire Rack over the years. It amazed me to find the tires sitting in my driveway, less than 24 hours after placing the order a couple of times. But that kind of service comes at a cost, and the shipping cost for online purchased tires seems to have increased from what I remember, tipping the scales back to obtaining locally. So the last couple sets I've bought locally from a shop I trust and who did the installations for me. Interestingly enough, one of those sets was a not so common size, and not readily available through their regular source, so they ordered them from tire rack. They told me that a local distributor has a lock on somewhere around 95% of the tires sold in this locality, so that was a definite outlier.
About nine months later, I had a slow leak in one of them and found a metal roofing screw embedded in the tire tread. Tire manufacturer advises not to repair (high performance tire), and though I was SOL and would need to buy a new one. Looked though paperwork and found the tire warranty info, called the installer – and they ordered a replacement without even questioning it and installed for free. I mention that as it might be difficult to get warranty coverage service though a third party installer, so just another thing to think about.
About nine months later, I had a slow leak in one of them and found a metal roofing screw embedded in the tire tread. Tire manufacturer advises not to repair (high performance tire), and though I was SOL and would need to buy a new one. Looked though paperwork and found the tire warranty info, called the installer – and they ordered a replacement without even questioning it and installed for free. I mention that as it might be difficult to get warranty coverage service though a third party installer, so just another thing to think about.