My 2004 Silverado needs tires.
Last November, I paid $450 for a set of 18" factory wheels and tires that came off of a 2014 Silverado LTZ. The (still) factory tires on those wheels are dried out, used up, and shot. Back then, the seller (a tire and wheel shop) charged me nothing for the 265/65-18 tires, since they were over 4 years old and were at less than half tread. Honestly, they didn't even want to take the effort to dismount the tires and keep them. That was fine with me, as I still got over a year's use out of them.
Two stores are currently offering "Buy 3, Get 1 Free" deals.
Store 1 is NTB. They are offering a Continental SureContact LX, 70000 miles warranty. $165 each. Out the door - $660.
The SureContact LX is a "store tire", which is specially made for and sold by NTB / Tire Kingdom / Big O outlets.
https://www.ntb.com/sku/sku4870003/surecontact-lx
Store 2 is Farm and Fleet. They are offering a Goodyear Fortitude HT. 65000 mile warranty. $169 each. Out the door $570.
The Fortitude HT is one of the OEM tires used on GM and Ford pickups. It finished with 68 points in Consumer Reports 2019 testing. The best rated tire scored 74 points.
https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/wrangler-fortitude-ht
Farm and Fleet is a better deal as their mounting and balancing is about $40 less ($15 per tire vs. $25 per tire for NTB), plus Goodyear is offering a $50 rebate. Plus they are closer... less time and gas expense.
Since the Continental is a "store tire", I would assume that warranty issues/adjustments for the Continental tire would likely have be performed through an NTB/TK/Big O store. I'm also a bit skeptical about a tire line made specially for an outlet/vendor. Is it manufactured to the same specs as a tire going to an OEM... or as a tire being sold by a Continental dealer?
Last November, I paid $450 for a set of 18" factory wheels and tires that came off of a 2014 Silverado LTZ. The (still) factory tires on those wheels are dried out, used up, and shot. Back then, the seller (a tire and wheel shop) charged me nothing for the 265/65-18 tires, since they were over 4 years old and were at less than half tread. Honestly, they didn't even want to take the effort to dismount the tires and keep them. That was fine with me, as I still got over a year's use out of them.
Two stores are currently offering "Buy 3, Get 1 Free" deals.
Store 1 is NTB. They are offering a Continental SureContact LX, 70000 miles warranty. $165 each. Out the door - $660.
The SureContact LX is a "store tire", which is specially made for and sold by NTB / Tire Kingdom / Big O outlets.
https://www.ntb.com/sku/sku4870003/surecontact-lx
Store 2 is Farm and Fleet. They are offering a Goodyear Fortitude HT. 65000 mile warranty. $169 each. Out the door $570.
The Fortitude HT is one of the OEM tires used on GM and Ford pickups. It finished with 68 points in Consumer Reports 2019 testing. The best rated tire scored 74 points.
https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/wrangler-fortitude-ht
Farm and Fleet is a better deal as their mounting and balancing is about $40 less ($15 per tire vs. $25 per tire for NTB), plus Goodyear is offering a $50 rebate. Plus they are closer... less time and gas expense.
Since the Continental is a "store tire", I would assume that warranty issues/adjustments for the Continental tire would likely have be performed through an NTB/TK/Big O store. I'm also a bit skeptical about a tire line made specially for an outlet/vendor. Is it manufactured to the same specs as a tire going to an OEM... or as a tire being sold by a Continental dealer?