Going bottom dollar at WalMart tire center tomorrow

[Bailey28]

I decided to pinch pennies to the possible future detriment of myself. This eleventh hour philosophy has me agreeing to buy four Arroyo Grand Sport tires in 245/45/20 for my bottom dollar Dodge Charger R/T. The tires are rated at 103W XL load and cost $83 each.

I agree to let WalMart tire center do the mount a balance. I am buying four new ching shen fung dung brand TPMS sensors from WalMart as well. Mount, balance, and new TPMS is $28 each.

I am beyond excited for a good cheap deal but also nervous and have anxiety thinking about the "tire service specialist" I am entrusting to properly raise the vehicle on a lift and properly place the lift arms under the car to avoid bending or breaking sensitive areas of the body/frame, much less the car totally falling off of the lift.

I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" remove the lugnuts, dismount and discard the old tires in favor of him (or her) mount and balance the new prized Arroyo's I paid $83 each for. I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" then fasten all 20 lug nuts to the proper ugga dugga torque and lower the vehicle safely to the floor without damage.

I agree to let the "tire service specialist" sync the new TPMS sensors that hopefully work on the first shot to the vehicle.

Wish me the best, I may need a sedative or two before I get the Charger home.

 

[Jimmy_Russells]

You should probably give the apprentice getting started in a good trade a bit of a break.

 

[CKN]

Great price on the tires. However-when you go in with your attitude it's bad mojo.........

 

[jcy]

see if you can save a few bucks by foregoing the warranty

 

[AZjeff]

What are you worried about, it's all just bottom dollar stuff anyway.

 

[Pew]

You should probably give the apprentice getting started in a good trade a bit of a break.

Yea way overused of the word "flunkee" without knowing the person.

 

[Bailey28]

I am actually polite as heck to whoever works on my cars and wish them the best. Perhaps the admins will be along shortly to hose my thread.


I amended the earlier description of the employee to "tire service specialist" for you sensitive types out there.

 

[GON]

I'd be significantly more concerned about Chinese/ Thailand/ Turkish made third rate tires than the Wal Mart installer.

A friend in the 1980s that led one of the highest end body shops in the nation, stated the painters at Earl Schieb "i'll paint any car any color for $99 USD" were the best automotive painters, as that is all they did 40 hours a week, spray cars. When one paints cars exclusively for 40 hours a week, they often get very good at that one thing.

 

[Bailey28]

GON nailed it, Thailand is where these beauts hail from. Now I really do hope they are round and stay that way.

 

[The_Jeff]

You'll be fine. Check your tire pressure and torque, same as you would at any tire store.

WM doesn't want the liability of screwing this up.

 

[nwjones18]

You're going to be just fine.. Cheap sensors have been doing well on my Wife's CRV along with the Walmart Goodyears.

Lots of decent tires coming out of Thailand these days too.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Good luck. I hate cheap tires. Hope they work out for you. Please post your results.

 

[Kira]

Post a bottom line total, please.

Best of luck and Happy New Year.

 

[Jay73]

I almost did a Black Friday GoodYear deal at Walmart but decided to spend the money and did new rims, tires and tpms at my usual Discount Tire. Good Luck

 

[CKN]

You're going to be just fine.. Cheap sensors have been doing well on my Wife's CRV along with the Walmart Goodyears.

Lots of decent tires coming out of Thailand these days too.

This-over at Modern Tire Dealer they state second and third tier tires sale are through the roof. The reason(s) for this is obvious.

 

[02SE]

Arroyo Grand

Isn't that some singer the kids talk about?

 

[edyvw]

I decided to pinch pennies to the possible future detriment of myself. This eleventh hour philosophy has me agreeing to buy four Arroyo Grand Sport tires in 245/45/20 for my bottom dollar Dodge Charger R/T. The tires are rated at 103W XL load and cost $83 each.

I agree to let WalMart tire center do the mount a balance. I am buying four new ching shen fung dung brand TPMS sensors from WalMart as well. Mount, balance, and new TPMS is $28 each.

I am beyond excited for a good cheap deal but also nervous and have anxiety thinking about the "tire service specialist" I am entrusting to properly raise the vehicle on a lift and properly place the lift arms under the car to avoid bending or breaking sensitive areas of the body/frame, much less the car totally falling off of the lift.

I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" remove the lugnuts, dismount and discard the old tires in favor of him (or her) mount and balance the new prized Arroyo's I paid $83 each for. I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" then fasten all 20 lug nuts to the proper ugga dugga torque and lower the vehicle safely to the floor without damage.

I agree to let the "tire service specialist" sync the new TPMS sensors that hopefully work on the first shot to the vehicle.

Wish me the best, I may need a sedative or two before I get the Charger home.

I would be more worried about:
1. Tires themselves, regardless of vehicle.
2. Combo with R/T.

 

[The Critic]

I'd be significantly more concerned about Chinese/ Thailand/ Turkish made third rate tires than the Wal Mart installer.

I'd be more concerned about the Walmart installer. I went to a TLE in November with my neighbor. The location did not stock any adhesive wheel weights and only used the static balance mode on their Coats 1400 balancer.

 

[nthach]

I almost did a Black Friday GoodYear deal at Walmart but decided to spend the money and did new rims, tires and tpms at my usual Discount Tire. Good Luck

I almost pulled the trigger on a set of Reliants here but got a set of Pirellis installed for the price of Chinesium at the local America’s Tire down the street.

I will say this - the Chinese brands (LingLong, Sailun, Sentury) and Omni United(Radar, some Lexani) plants in Thailand and Cambodia use a lot of automation(AI and robotics) to minimize human contact during the tire building process.

 

[PontiacHO]

I decided to pinch pennies to the possible future detriment of myself. This eleventh hour philosophy has me agreeing to buy four Arroyo Grand Sport tires in 245/45/20 for my bottom dollar Dodge Charger R/T. The tires are rated at 103W XL load and cost $83 each.

I agree to let WalMart tire center do the mount a balance. I am buying four new ching shen fung dung brand TPMS sensors from WalMart as well. Mount, balance, and new TPMS is $28 each.

I am beyond excited for a good cheap deal but also nervous and have anxiety thinking about the "tire service specialist" I am entrusting to properly raise the vehicle on a lift and properly place the lift arms under the car to avoid bending or breaking sensitive areas of the body/frame, much less the car totally falling off of the lift.

I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" remove the lugnuts, dismount and discard the old tires in favor of him (or her) mount and balance the new prized Arroyo's I paid $83 each for. I agreed to let the "tire service specialist" then fasten all 20 lug nuts to the proper ugga dugga torque and lower the vehicle safely to the floor without damage.

I agree to let the "tire service specialist" sync the new TPMS sensors that hopefully work on the first shot to the vehicle.

Wish me the best, I may need a sedative or two before I get the Charger home.

This is what YouTube “entitled jerk” videos are made of. “Let Walmart” do the work…like they are clamoring for someone like you to do business with??? People that will work doing anything anywhere deserve respect.