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Some may have noticed that, with my son, I now have a tow vehicle and trailer that we're going to use to haul the cars to DE events. The truck - a Ford F350 SuperDuty dually - needs tires - LT265/75R16E. I was at my local Goodyear dealer and looked at a variety, including Goodyear and Cooper, and then went to the web to do more research. I honed in on a Goodyear that I really liked - it was $187 ea at Tire Rack and $250 ea at Goodyear. Looking to save the money, I called my local Ford dealer, where I'm about to take the truck to establish a baseline of service, and asked if they would accept a shipment of tires from Tire Rack. They asked me what I was looking for, claiming that they usually will beat any legitimate competitive offer. I printed the Tire Rack information and faxed it to Ford. Within 15 minutes, I received a call offering the same tires for about $50 less than the delivered Tire Rack price.



Now - it's not completely apples-to-apples, as I'll have to pay Ford the NJ sales tax, which will be slightly more than the price difference.



At the end of the day, though, with a difference of just a (very) few dollars, I'm getting the same tires at the Tire Rack price from my local Ford dealer. To me, this was quite a surprising, and pleasing, result, with no hassle and no worry about delivery being on time, or where I'd get the tires delivered to that I could then have the mounting, balancing, and alignment work done.

very cool - love it when things work out like that



will they provide a road hazard warranty? i am HUGE fan of these - i have used them over the years, and they have saved me a lot of money

Hey, Jim. My father-in-law had a similar expeience, recently. I got him a price from Tire Rack that he took to his local Sears Tire and Auto Center for comparison. Sears matched the price when you inlcude the cost of installation he would have had to pay locally. The sales tax was almost a wash with the shipping, so he was net even and had instant gratification. Not bad.



I still think you should drive that truck and trailer down her for a race or DE weekend.

I think you should come up to VIR when we're there the first weekend of December. Then you can convince us, in person, to travel a little farther south in the spring.

I needed to get tires in a hurry so I could attend a driving event last Spring.



I called STS and they set me up with Toyo T1Rs for a lower price than Tire Rack and I was able to drive out the same day I called...talk about instant gratification...valve stems were installed correctly, tires mounted correctly and center caps inserted correctly. I was very satisfied.



Regards,



Jay

What days, Anchorman??? I may surprise you.

It would be my (our - my son is part of this adventure) pleasure. We're driving down on Friday, December 5, on the track Dec. 6-7, and driving back north on Monday, Dec. 8.

America's Tire Co will also match Tire Racks' prices + cost of delivery on most if not all brands. I bought my Michelin PS2s there; asked them to go online and check the T.R. price, and they matched it on the spot. No further savings, but hey had them delivered that same day - they had the 265s in stock ( my rears ) but the 235s ( fronts ) had to come from one their warehouses .