First experience with Discount Tire

[gregk24]

Ran over a bolt in the Jetta, had a shop patch it but it won't hold air. The tires are the OEM Continentals with 40K miles on them, so I am opting to replace all at once. I just placed an order online with Discount Tire and set up an appt for next week all in one step. I really liked the process, very smooth. I am confused about one thing though, it showed the total, but I didn't have to pay! I guess you pay when you get there, I just thought it was odd that I wouldn't pay now since I had to place the order.

Oh, and the new shoes are Michelin Defenders.

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: gregk24

Oh, and the new shoes are Michelin Defenders.


Good luck with that. My set came off with less than 40k... worn out.

 

[gregk24]

Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Originally Posted By: gregk24

Oh, and the new shoes are Michelin Defenders.


Good luck with that. My set came off with less than 40k... worn out.


What was the tread depth, what vehicle were they on, and was their side wall cracking?

 

[Nick1994]

No Pirellis? Tisk tisk Greg

Wish they made them in my Sonata's size.

 

[Kira]

"Tisk tisk..."? He apparently doesn't have to pay for them, so what's the problem? (Ha-Ha)

 

[toneydoc]

Michelin makes good tires Greg
Running some on my Harley now and never had a problem with a Michelin tire

 

[billt460]

I've always had good luck with Discount Tire. In and out fast, and with good prices.

 

[ZZman]

I have uses DT many times. They are good.

 

[gregk24]

Originally Posted By: Nick1994
No Pirellis? Tisk tisk Greg

Wish they made them in my Sonata's size.


Haha, I did look into putting P7's on the Jetta too, but the Michelins have very similar ratings and I can get $70 back through mail in rebate. Discount Tire also had a small discount on the Michelins up front too. My Honda came with Michelins from the factory, I wasn't a huge fan of them but I'm giving them a second chance. Hopefully they won't disappoint.

 

[Starman2112]

Originally Posted By: gregk24
Ran over a bolt in the Jetta, had a shop patch it but it won't hold air. The tires are the OEM Continentals with 40K miles on them, so I am opting to replace all at once. I just placed an order online with Discount Tire and set up an appt for next week all in one step. I really liked the process, very smooth. I am confused about one thing though, it showed the total, but I didn't have to pay! I guess you pay when you get there, I just thought it was odd that I wouldn't pay now since I had to place the order.

Oh, and the new shoes are Michelin Defenders.


The Michelin Defender is a great tire.

 

[oil_film_movies]

Originally Posted By: gregk24
I just placed an order online with Discount Tire ...... I am confused about one thing though, it showed the total, but I didn't have to pay! I guess you pay when you get there, I just thought it was odd that I wouldn't pay now since I had to place the order.

This is confusing, but can be explained.
There are 2 "discount tires" on the internet. One is " https://www.discounttire.com/ " which is the one you used. That one is with their physical stores, so you are really ordering tires to be put on by them, usually after being shipped to their own Discount Tire shops.
Therefore, you don't have to pay until you walk into the store itself. I used them a month ago to get Kumho Ecsta 4x II tires, and that website was actually cheaper than their "sister" website, which I discuss below:

I recently (last week) used " https://www.discounttiredirect.com/ " ... notice the difference in the URL name? That one is direct to you, the other is associated strongly with their brick-and-mortar stores. When I ordered 4 General GMAX AS-05 tires they did not charge me sales tax, I got them via UPS at my home (free shipping), and then I had an independent tire shop install them. No sales tax, no shipping, and General's mail-in rebate to help too.

Between the two, the prices are different. Its not the same. So shop both and decide. Its also confusing because the Kumho's I got through their store website (discountire.com) was actually cheaper than the "direct mail" (discountiredirect.com) website. Although that is rare; usually the direct site is cheaper.

Originally Posted By: gregk24
Oh, and the new shoes are Michelin Defenders.

Great tire, but the best deal on really long-lasting, name brand tires has to be Walmart's Goodyear Outlast tires, which look to be about the same as the Goodyear Maxlife tires sold everywhere else. Its hard to beat Walmart's price most of time. I went to Discount Tire (& DC Direct ) because they happened to have the tires I really wanted at great prices, but it will vary depending on which brand you target on your wish list.

 

[DuckRyder]

Defender is a fine tire, though I prefer the Premier A/S.

Discount tire is usually pretty good too, just had to put a tire on something out on the road and they took good care of it, they also repair tires at N/C even if you didn’t buy the tires there.

My only complaint is most of them don’t use road force balancers...

 

[oil_film_movies]

Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
My only complaint is most of them don’t use road force balancers...


Good issue to bring up. I've never even asked that when I go in for balancing, probably should though.
https://www.hunter.com/wheel-balancers/road-force-touch

I know a 95-year old guy that used to balance his own tires on his driveway by spinning them horizontally and moving weights around until the wobble stopped!! Very low tech, and what used to be the norm.
Then it got me thinking: Could I do that now? Maybe not a good idea, but we balance lawn mower blades with a cone balance, and ceiling fan blades by trial-and-error.

Researching it, I was suprised to find Harbor Freight sells a cheap-ish $80 wheel balancer for home use. Static, but OK. Good reviews on it, all metal, etc.