Buying Tires

[VaTom]

My wife's 2015 Toyota Sienna Van will need new tires soon. I don't deal with any particular fire store. The van came with OEM tires Goodyear Eagle RS-A. Great handling tires but not long tread life.
Many new car dealers service departments are now selling tires including Ford and Toyota. Prices seem to be in line with tire places when you figure rebates, but 3 get one free, etc.

Has anyone bought tires through their dealers service department and if so what was experience?

Has anyone bought tires at BJs Discount Club? They have most popular name brands.

Thanks for advice. Looking at Michelin, Goodyear, Hankook, Bridgestone and Yokohama

 

[jbtrucker]

Make sure the shop is the brand dealer that honors the warranty and don't sell 2nd grade or factory rejects. All five brands you listed are good quality.

 

[Maddog 521]

The last 3 sets I've bought were Continentals. Never had a problem and they lasted as they were advertised.

 

[df06]

I shop multiple tire shops but have not used car dealership as an option. Several years ago I switched to Michelin’s. They’re more expensive and worth every penny.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Me two.
I buy tires at Tire Stores.

 

[Salty RI]

My son bought tires from BJ' s they put the lug nuts on so tight you couldnt get them off, they had to by him new rims.

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[ShivasIrons]

The local Costco seems to be pretty good for tires. I tend to use a tire store, since I can go back to them if I have a problem. I have good experience with Firestone, BFG and Continental. Unless you put a lot of miles on your car, expensive tires like Michelins are not worth it since they will dry rot before you use all the tread.

Having said that, I scored a set of Brand new Goodyears for my old Tacoma from Walmart. The local store had them on clearance for some reason at $25 a pop. I sound a fourth at a Walmart store about a half hour away for full price $105. If i get 35,000 miles out of them, I will be pleased for $200.

 

[loknload]

I purchase my tires from the private service dealer that I do business with.
He gets all the major brands and gets as good as a price as any!
Mostly I have stayed with Bridgestone, Michelin and Continental and have gotten good service out of all of them!

 

[kraynky]

Our service department has started buy tire for our trucks at the Ford dealer. Michelin tires are hard to beat when it come to long mileage. Got them on my truck & the wife's car, the hunting truck rolls on BF Goodrich. Had some Hancooks on a new truck a while back & they wore good too. Probably wasn't much help to ya.......

 

[Jeff423]

The last 3 sets I've bought were Continentals. Never had a problem and they lasted as they were advertised.

What he said!

 

[Smithboomer]

When you get your new tires you should do one thing before leaving the parking lot: check the air pressure yourself. I've bought new tires that were crazy over inflated by the tire shop. Twice.

 

[LVSteve]

My wife's 2015 Toyota Sienna Van will need new tires soon. I don't deal with any particular fire store. The van came with OEM tires Goodyear Eagle RS-A. Great handling tires but not long tread life.

What do YOU call not great tread life? The Sienna is a heavy vehicle with over 60% of that weight on the front wheels. They can be hard on tires and brakes.

Me, I'll give up tread life for grip most days.

 

[doublesharp]

I've got a 2015 Toyota Sienna AWD and just put Yokohama Geolander A/T G015 tires on it. Bought them at WalMart and had them installed there. No problems.

 

[Jack Flash]

I started to buy a new set of tires at my Toyota dealer. They had one of those buy 3 get one free deals. Come to find out the small print says you have to let them do an alignment on your truck as part of the deal! Of course, you pay for it, and there goes any savings you thought you would get. Check for hidden fees etc., and get a firm out the door price. I wound up just going to Discount Tire.

 

[rubiranch]

I recently put the 5th set of tires on my truck. Different brands every time. I drive a 4-wd 2500HD Chevy Silverado

I got the best mileage out of a set of BF Goodrich. Almost 50,000 miles. My friend that owns a tire store is still amazed at that.

I choose tires by their tread patterns.

I wont buy Michelins because they last too long which means I'm going to go through a fall winter and spring with tires that have little tread left and that are made from a hard rubber compound. Two big negatives for winter driving.

I've had a set of Hancooks and I hated them.

I bought a set of Yokohama Geolandar ATs back in August and so far I'm very pleased with them.

I've put 20,000 miles on them so far and I think these will be the best wearing tires so far. They should be due for replacing this coming fall just in time for winter. Perfect timing.

 

[joe44va]

Bought from Toyota dealer, Chevy dealer, independent branded tire stores and Costco. Liked the Toyota dealer, Chevy dealer, and Costco the best because of price and service.

 

[rubiranch]

When you get your new tires you should do one thing before leaving the parking lot: check the air pressure yourself. I've bought new tires that were crazy over inflated by the tire shop. Twice.

You would think a tire shop would own and now how to correctly use and read a tire pressure gauge.

But they don't. LOL

I've never left a tire store with the same amount of air pressure in all 4 tires.

 

[servmgr64]

Most dealerships also provide free tire rotations & flat repairs when you purchase tires from them.

 

[vonn]

Getting a good price on tires takes a fair amount of shopping but getting the value out of them takes work on the owners part. Think air pressure,balancing ,rotation,shocks,alignment, front end work,driving habits,etc.

 

[MORSNO]

I've bought many sets of tires from local car dealerships (both GM and Ford), they are getting them from the same warehouse as the local tire shops and offer better prices due to nationwide quantity discounts from the wholesaler.