member001 said: thised1 said: Kariput said: Fine print says "installation additional". ...and "No carryouts"
Does that mean i can't take my car back home after installation? You can probably drive your car home, but not carry it,
Julex
Member
posted: Sep. 16, 2009 @ 12:53p
So... you basically have to buy them and have them mounted there with: stems fee ($), balancing fee ($$), mounting fee ($$$), casing disposal fee ($$$$), sale-on-cooper-tire fee ($$$$$), alignment fee ("cooper tires need that"), regional advertising fee, destination fee, storage fee.
Ok, I made last three up but rest is legit
It is a great sale!
lexx
Broke Member
posted: Sep. 17, 2009 @ 12:01a
is this for 1 tire or fer 4? ah! the good ol days!
GWBush said: TheProfessor2423 said: Anyone have any recommendations on the best way to buy tires online? Price, server, etc being taken into account.
I would recommend that you don't buy tires or any safety items online.
Not sure why you say this. I have always had good luck with Tire Rack. I have bought tires from them for my Avalanche and my 400+ HP camaro and never had any issues whatsoever and oftentimes their prices are hard to beat (at least in my area).
blakenan
Thrifty Member
posted: Sep. 17, 2009 @ 8:07a
Cooper Tire has 5 of their 8 manufacturing facilities in the US. A dealer told me they are the only company still making tires in the US, but I'm not sure I believe it based on the recent comments in the news about the trade dispute with China. I currently have a set of Coopers on my Integra and have been happy. They are not high performance racing tires, but they have performed well and are not wearing odd/fast. I'd buy them again.
blakenan said: Cooper Tire has 5 of their 8 manufacturing facilities in the US. A dealer told me they are the only company still making tires in the US, but I'm not sure I believe it based on the recent comments in the news about the trade dispute with China.Take a stroll through a parking lot, car dealership, etc. and you will see that many different major tire brands are stamped Made in USA including the "foreign" brands like Michelin, Bridgestone, etc.
Of course country of origin can vary even with the same model tire.
Take a stroll through a parking lot, car dealership, etc. and you will see that many different major tire brands are stamped Made in USA including the "foreign" brands like Michelin, Bridgestone, etc. Of course country of origin can vary even with the same model tire. That having been said, be wary of "changing countries". Once had a set of Continentals on an Audi. Tires handled so well, I set out to buy the same tire as replacements. 1st set was made in Germany 2nd set ((same brand, size, and model)) made in Ireland 2nd set was terrible.
Appelski said: Take a stroll through a parking lot, car dealership, etc. and you will see that many different major tire brands are stamped Made in USA including the "foreign" brands like Michelin, Bridgestone, etc. Of course country of origin can vary even with the same model tire. That having been said, be wary of "changing countries". Once had a set of Continentals on an Audi. Tires handled so well, I set out to buy the same tire as replacements. 1st set was made in Germany 2nd set ((same brand, size, and model)) made in Ireland 2nd set was terrible.
just curious, was the first set the original tires from new?
i remember reading years ago that goodyear made a tire for lincoln that was different than the same brand/style tire sold to the public. Apparently car manufacturers occasionally request tires to be customized for a new car they are building.
Cooper has been based in Findlay OH and been making tires almost as long as there have been tires. After decades of making quality tires including Avon Racing tires, they went to volume for many years and their quality suffered badly -- see just about any review from the 1980-2000 era and the tread separation link above from 1998. They made quite a large % of the Private Label tires in the US (Pep Boys, etc).
The good news is a few years ago they decided to reinvent themselves and brought in Johnny Unser among others and spend hundreds of millions on research and upgrades to the plants. There are still some mediocre/cheap Cooper styles, but every tire company has its cheapies. Most of the current tires are made in the US -- Albany (GA), Tupelo, Texarkana, Clarksdale (MS), and I'm pretty sure Findlay. They still have a long way to go to regain their old reputation, but at least there seems to be some major progress.
The CS4 has been getting near rave reviews from most of the customers and reviewers who have tried them out. I keep waiting for the Consumer Reports update which was supposed to include the CS4, but so far they haven't published their new multi brand super trial. After reading a lot of the Honda Accord and Odyssey owner sites, I bit the bullet and bought a set of CS4 for the Minivan recently instead of the CR and Tiretack Top Ranked Goodyear Tripletreds I was leaning towards. So far I've been more than pleased -- astounding improvement in ride (less road noise and smoother) and surprisingly better driveability on wet and dry roads than either the OEM Michelins on the old van or the Bridgestones on the new one.
There is a $50 rebate on the CS4 for which I received in less 3 weeks from submission -- up to $75 on certain styles. It's sad that a 3 week turnaround was almost a heart stopping surprise, but I can't ever remember getting a rebate that fast. There's even a 45 day test drive so I guess in theory I could return them and keep the rebate not that there is any reason to.
That said, I passed on the CS4 a couple of days back as for my Accord they were still over $100. I buy my tires from DiscountTireDirect. They don't have all tires TireRack has but the ones they do have are cheaper shipped than TireRack.
This time, though, on Thursday, I walked over to Discount Tires and ordered 'em at the Price matched price. Yes I will have to pay tax but Discount Tire and all other tire places now charge more to mount 'em if you bring your own tires so it was only about a $9 difference but I also got life time rotations and lifetime balancing. You do not get lifetime balancing if you bring your own tires.
I have been happy with Yokohama Avid V4S on my Maxima and had Yokohama Avid H4S on the Accord. Now that DiscountTireDirect has started selling Avid V4S in my Accor'd tire size, I ordered those for $86 each with a $40 rebate on 4 tires making the AR price of $76 a tire. Far cheaper than the Cooper CS4s.
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