I'm sure they'll be more expensive, but I feel that the dealership would do a more professional job with the installation and whatnot. I noticed my dealership sells Michelin tires which is what I want to get. Anyone?
Has anyone bought new tires from the dealership?
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What makes you think this?
Dealership tire changers are just as incompetent as anyone else.
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Theres things dealerships do well and things they do like everyone else, and that first set of things is really short. Literally anyone and their mama can purchase a tire machine to change tires, so that's not one of them.
I’ve worked in both tire shops and dealerships and I can say that you’re at the mercy of what ever tire jockey gets your job to install the tires but I can tell you that the dealership is going to assign the job to the lowest paid (meaning least experienced) person in the shop for such a basic job. Personally, I would feel more comfortable bringing mine to a tire shop even though the place is more dirty.
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Have you considered TIRE RACK? They will deliver your tires to your home, business or your choice of installer. I've had good luck with them for over 50 years.
Dealerships will do a tire job just as good as any other shop. When it comes to tire jobs because it's always the lowest person on the totem pole/lowest paid person/an inexperienced lube tech who's never used a tire machine in his life/a young barely experienced apprentice who does the tire jobs. It's rarely ever the highest paid trained Tecnician that does it.
They are called stealerships for a reason and only suckers buy tires from them.
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I would actually trust a tire shop over the dealership any day, for price and quality of the work. The tire shop also won’t try to sell you a bunch of nonsense along with your tires.
My buddy found some local place by us that beat TireRack pricing by close to $100 even after installation. Don’t sleep on a small business to do you right
My buddy found some local place by us that beat TireRack pricing by close to $100 even after installation. Don’t sleep on a small business to do you right
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Find a small local dealer.
I use a local tire store (the same family has owned the store since the 50's). They are reasonable on price (not my number one priority). My main reason for using them for the last 25 years is that they always take care of me and my car. The same people are there year after year. When they hire new people, the new people are trained and give you the same great service.
The dealership is my last choice for anything other than warranty work.
I use a local tire store (the same family has owned the store since the 50's). They are reasonable on price (not my number one priority). My main reason for using them for the last 25 years is that they always take care of me and my car. The same people are there year after year. When they hire new people, the new people are trained and give you the same great service.
The dealership is my last choice for anything other than warranty work.
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Dealership charge way more for tires and for mounting and balancing. More than likely done at the same level of skill.
TireRack, Discount Tires, America's tires, I believe, are all under the same company now. The prices should be the same. They will do price matching on any other online prices u find. Another thing to consider Is road hazard warranty. Costco and Schwab both Include that with price. Discount/America's Tires charges 10% extra for this warranty.
TireRack, Discount Tires, America's tires, I believe, are all under the same company now. The prices should be the same. They will do price matching on any other online prices u find. Another thing to consider Is road hazard warranty. Costco and Schwab both Include that with price. Discount/America's Tires charges 10% extra for this warranty.
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I purchased tires from the dealership I normally don't. But, the tires I was looking at the dealer actually had a better deal. Would I recommend it? HELL NO! They did some very suspicious things with my car. I have a dashcam and they disconnected it and I'm missing 2 hours of footage. Which I uploaded to YT. Then they damaged all 4 of my wheels. At first they said the tech damaged 1 wheel, after getting them washed all 4 were damaged. I uploaded 2 pics of the worst damage. The front passenger tire had a leak was 2 mins away from the dealership when my TP light came on. My other tires had between 45 and 52psi in the tires. I refuse to go back.
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Wow what an awful lube guy 😭
Dammmmmn, I would be extemely PO'd if they did that to mine. That is unacceptable; I would demand they replace them at their cost and not make them look like garbage with touch-up paint which is what they'd probably do.
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Yeah, they refinished all 4 wheels. I'm definitely not going back!
You are too nice of person when it comes to stealerships. There is no way I would have agreed or accepted that. I expect my vehicle to come out in the same condition it came in, with no damage. And if there is, there'll be hell to pay if they think they can do "a quick fix".
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I received $500 back from the tires I purchased plus, I have aftermarket wheels I plan on switching to in the Spring. The stock wheels are for the winter. So, I wasn't too much worried.
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We have a DT literally one mile from home. They mount many hundreds if not thousands every week. The dealer what, many? Maybe even a bit over a dozen? Hamfist has got to improve and be less damaging in hundreds a week compared to a handful. I'll stick to DT for ours. Good luck however you go.
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The dealership I use in CT matches the local Townfair Tires outlet store price but everything else is surcharged. I tend to prefer the dealership's wheel alignment over the tire shops.
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I've often thought that auto dealerships who offer the old "buy three get one free" tire sale are still making out like bandits, overcharging you for three new tires while throwing in the fourth for nothing. And I agree with everyone above; this is not something I trust an auto dealership shop to do.
I've bought tires at chains and at a couple local smaller shops and have had good experiences with both. If you buy from a chain store like Goodyear or Firestone, go online to price the tires, and either buy them online and select the shop where you want them installed, or arm yourself with the pricing information and just buy them locally, making sure you get the online price.
One big recommendation I can give you is to look for rebates. Often, you have to charge your new tires to the company's own credit card, but the rebates (usually in the form of a gift card you have to request after the purchase) can vary from $50 to $200 for a set of four tires, and when you use the card they also often offer same as cash terms for 6-12 months.
I've bought tires at chains and at a couple local smaller shops and have had good experiences with both. If you buy from a chain store like Goodyear or Firestone, go online to price the tires, and either buy them online and select the shop where you want them installed, or arm yourself with the pricing information and just buy them locally, making sure you get the online price.
One big recommendation I can give you is to look for rebates. Often, you have to charge your new tires to the company's own credit card, but the rebates (usually in the form of a gift card you have to request after the purchase) can vary from $50 to $200 for a set of four tires, and when you use the card they also often offer same as cash terms for 6-12 months.
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Just make sure whatever you do, check the tire pressure after. All shops are notorious for leaving the high pressure in the tire that was needed to pop/seal the bead. Then they never lower it to the proper amount (it's always lazy techs trying to impress their boss with installation speed or they just don't care). When I pick up the car all my new tires have ALWAYS have 60psi in them!
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