Tire purchase cost and timing

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amateurbob

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I have been trying to weigh the cost/benefit analysis of getting new tires now or in 6 months. I live in the Midwest and my tires are getting close to needing to be replaced. Given the cost of crude oil and the likelihood it will be elevated for at least for the foreseeable future, would it be financially advantageous to get them now?
 
My uninformed opinion is that all costs, logistics or otherwise, will continue to increase for a year or more. Things just aren't going to get better or cheaper in the short run. If you find a set of tires you want, get them.

Note you haven't told us anything about driving habits, annual mileage amounts, or current tread depth to zero in on a true analysis.
 
If you find a deal now and have room to store them you can "finish off" your existing tires this summer and at least save a little money that way. Walmart for example lets you cash & carry them then mount them later at their stores at the "bought the tires here" price.

I agree with JayhawkRoy, higher oil prices aren't yet fully baked into tire prices, so they'll rise gently over the next while then fall gently later.
 
I agree things are not going to get cheaper for a while. But also, there will be deals and steals around. I waited and found a Tire Rack closeout on some nice Indy 500 Firestones for my Mazda for like $530 installed. I was expecting to pay $800 for nice tires like these. I did a lot of shopping for a long time though.
 
The_Jeff said:
They're not in business to lose money. I'd watch for closeouts and be flexible. Seriously just use Google shopping on your tire size and check in weekly.
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True, but the cheapest no-name tires are actually the most profitable for tire shops. Also, the cheapest all-weather tires are very popular and often sell out!

Of course it's unclear whether OP is looking for cheap tires or name-brand tires :unsure:
 
I really like Cross climate 2s but they come at a premium price. l am also kinda interested in trying the lexani and prinx all weather tires for the value.
 
amateurbob said:
I have been trying to weigh the cost/benefit analysis of getting new tires now or in 6 months. I live in the Midwest and my tires are getting close to needing to be replaced. Given the cost of crude oil and the likelihood it will be elevated for at least for the foreseeable future, would it be financially advantageous to get them now?
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If tires are needed, buy them now. Prices no matter how situations improve will never go back down.
 
If and when the price of oil goes down, the price of products will lag by several months and never go all the way back to where they were. Gas will never be pre-situation prices again, no matter how much makes it to the refineries and no matter how low crude oil goes. So transportation won't go all the way back, making the price of all 90+% of products delivered by truck stay higher than they were.
 
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I looked up on Google (dangerous l know) and it said for every $10 increase in crude, the cost of tires goes up roughly 10%.

I think l will start pricing tires now and pull the trigger when l find a decent deal. Thanks for the help.
 
Got 215/45/17 Kumho Ecsta PA31 tires for $68 each at Walmart. OTD was $386 with taxes and install... this was last week. Despite some negative reviews of the tire the tires handle and drive really well.
 
I did quick search on some tires.
The all weather lexani tires at Walmart are around $380
All weather prinx around $390 Walmart
The cross climate 2 at Costco $721.
The defender2 $650.

Given the price and the utility... I am leaning heavily towards the cross climate 2.

I have a discount tire that l will have price match Costco.
 
amateurbob said:
I did quick search on some tires.
The all weather lexani tires at Walmart are around $380
All weather prinx around $390 Walmart
The cross climate 2 at Costco $721.
The defender2 $650.

Given the price and the utility... I am leaning heavily towards the cross climate 2.

I have a discount tire that l will have price match Costco.
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I put CC2's on my 2023 cx5 turbo and they have been stellar..they are smooth and quiet which kind of surprised me and now have had them through 2 full Montana winters with winter trips back to Minnesota and they flat out did great. over 24000 miles and they are still between 8-9 /32's of tread. worth the extra coin to me.
 
A couple weeks ago I read a news in Taiwan that Bridgestone and Sailun have to raise prices by 5%. I think if you can catch a sales event you should just replace them sooner instead of waiting for later. The worst situation would be if you hit a nail and need an immediate replacement but there is no sale after the price increase.

American Tires price match Walmart so that's how I usually get tires on sale locally.
 
amateurbob said:
I have been trying to weigh the cost/benefit analysis of getting new tires now or in 6 months. I live in the Midwest and my tires are getting close to needing to be replaced. Given the cost of crude oil and the likelihood it will be elevated for at least for the foreseeable future, would it be financially advantageous to get them now?
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Run them long as possible because you get more life and potentially might total or get rid of vehicle.
 
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