Tires for a van not driven much?

[nthach]

x2 on the Reliants at Walmart. Looks like about $450, including mount, balance, and tax for me. That’s the best I could do for a decent tire.

It’s only $30 cheaper than the Pirellis at America’s Tire. And the fact I have one down the street leans the pendulum in that direction.

 

[User_19876]

My son used to live paycheck to paycheck and always found good value in the Douglas tires …

People talk awful about them, but I never had any trouble. I had a little Tercel when I was younger (read “broke”), and it was nice to get brand new tires for less than $175 OTD, and with a good warranty.

 

[walterjay]

Last week I got a set of Goodyear Reliants from Walmart for my son. It was a great deal and they are an AA rated tire made in USA.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

I would keep an eye out for any Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales on anything that's you're size. Use of less than 5K a year is gonna dry rot anyway. I wouldn't spend a ton of money in this situation IMO.

 

[nthach]

I would keep an eye out for any Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales on anything that's you're size. Use of less than 5K a year is gonna dry rot anyway. I wouldn't spend a ton of money in this situation IMO.

Yea, the Chinesium isn’t much of a deal($70-80 on Amazon, SinpleTire) and Walmart was the winner on the Reliants but they’re a 30-40 minute drive away to get them installed.

I’m going with the Pirellis from America’s Tire a 5 minute drive down the street.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

In that case, you're better off. Can't beat a 5 minute drive. You'll wind up burning whatever you save on fuel anyway. Good choice.

 

[nthach]

In that case, you're better off. Can't beat a 5 minute drive. You'll wind up burning whatever you save on fuel anyway. Good choice.

$478 OTD, no replacement certificates. I think I did well. Judging by the prices I’ve seen seen for Chinesium on Amazon/SimpleTire($80 for the Sailun SH408 - the LingLong brands were also $80, $70ish for the Dorals and $85 for the Armstrong Blu-TRAC PC), it was a no-brainer to buy the Pirellis. My guesstimate if I did go that route was $500-550 including tax, install and they’ll toss in an alignment which I assume is wash their hands clean if your tires wear out early.

Though, Pirelli is owned by ChemChina, they’re taking a laissez-faire approach with their European subsidiaries(Pirelli for tires, Syngenta Group for agrochem/GMO seeds).

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Figures, Pirelli is owned by ChemChina. What doesn't China own nowadays ? Pretty much everything IMO. But they are manufactured globally. So, if you want , you can check the tires for the plant code, if origin is not stamped on it. Best of luck with them

 

[duck__dodgers]

whatever is cheap. lots of sales right now

with tbe caveat that whoever is driving knows not to push the tires if you are bad weather or curvy roads.

 

[nthach]

whatever is cheap. lots of sales right now

with tbe caveat that whoever is driving knows not to push the tires if you are bad weather or curvy roads.

It’ll be my 70-somethings parents and me. They told me get a tire we won’t hear you complain about. The P4 and Reliant was on the shortlist, I was curious about the BFG Advantage Control myself but it was going to be close to $700 installed at Costco.

I think they’ll be happy with the Pirellis. I was pricing out the Chinesium on SimpleTire just to get a ballpark price and it just didn’t make sense.