I bought the new Goodyear Eagle GT's in 205/55/16. They replaced Falken 512's. This is on my girlfriends Saturn. The 512's were down to 5/32 in 15,000 miles. I was going to wait until 4/32 to replace them.
I was checking out Tires.com, when I came upon a $100 off coupon for 4 tires installed. They were having a Grand Opening sale for a new location. I was willing to drive across town to save $100.00. The Eagle GT's are $121.00 a piece in the size I needed. So the out the door price was going to be $542.00, then minus the $100 off. So $442.00 out the door for a good tire was a great price.
I called the America's Tire where I bought the 512's from. I asked them about 40,000 mile treadwear warranty. He said the tires have to go down to 2/32 to qualify for the warranty. I was fine with that.
For the [censored] of it. I asked the salesman at the new store, if I qualify for the pro-rated warranty. He just pulled up the info from my last tire purchase. He saw we only had 15,000 miles on them. He types some more and says, $180.00 out the door. WOW. I just handed him my credit card.
I guess while they were installing the tires, two of the studs broke off. They said it happens alot, soft metal and the hot impact gun. I told them stuff happens. I didn't get mad at all. I told them we would go next door for Happy Hour. Call me when it's done. Well we were there for 3 hours. They fianlly come in to the office and hand us the invoice and a $100 dollor bill. He said they were sorry what happen, and they thanked us for be understanding. We walked out with 4 new tires, 2 new wheel studs, 2 new lug nuts for a grand total of $80.00.
I was checking out Tires.com, when I came upon a $100 off coupon for 4 tires installed. They were having a Grand Opening sale for a new location. I was willing to drive across town to save $100.00. The Eagle GT's are $121.00 a piece in the size I needed. So the out the door price was going to be $542.00, then minus the $100 off. So $442.00 out the door for a good tire was a great price.
I called the America's Tire where I bought the 512's from. I asked them about 40,000 mile treadwear warranty. He said the tires have to go down to 2/32 to qualify for the warranty. I was fine with that.
For the [censored] of it. I asked the salesman at the new store, if I qualify for the pro-rated warranty. He just pulled up the info from my last tire purchase. He saw we only had 15,000 miles on them. He types some more and says, $180.00 out the door. WOW. I just handed him my credit card.
I guess while they were installing the tires, two of the studs broke off. They said it happens alot, soft metal and the hot impact gun. I told them stuff happens. I didn't get mad at all. I told them we would go next door for Happy Hour. Call me when it's done. Well we were there for 3 hours. They fianlly come in to the office and hand us the invoice and a $100 dollor bill. He said they were sorry what happen, and they thanked us for be understanding. We walked out with 4 new tires, 2 new wheel studs, 2 new lug nuts for a grand total of $80.00.
