Think I took a nail last night in the left rear tire.

Dealer will put new rubber on it tomorrow for about $1,000 for a pair of rear tires.

The good news is that the tires were nearing their end of useful life with less than 15% tread left. Also, the dealer provides a road hazard policy, which Tire Rack does not offer, for $50 more than the cost of two tires from the "Rack".

Sigh... They were out of loaner cars so all I could get was a Mustang convertible. The handling difference between the Mustang and the flatbed truck that picked up my car is imperceptible!

 

Perhaps they changed their policy... But I got road hazard on the last set of PS2's I purchased from the Rack.

 

Marv,

Doesn't $1K for two tires seem a little steep?

 

Dear God, 1K for just the rears??? That does sounds a bit steep. I though it was more like 800 for a set of rears but with the increased cosst of petroleum I could see why.

 

Tires were $455 each (with road hazard insurance). The rest is mounting, balancing, and tax. So it comes to about $1,000.

From a buyer's perspective, yes, spending $1K for rear tires is more than I would like to spend, but there are not enough good competitive choices to drive the prices down to where we would like to see it.

 

Michelin PS2's 295/30/18 are $428 a piece at the Rack. Throw in shipping, mounting and balancing and your right there 1K. Ask me how I know... it sucks.

 

Just paid $1448 with tax and mounting for all 4 here at a local TN tire shop. $1K for the rears is steep. Tire Rack is not the best deal around. It pays to shop your local guys.

 

I think I paid $310 each from Tirerack about a year ago delivered to my local guy it was like $700 out the door. I havent looked lately and only have about 2K on the rears and the fronts are till in good shape. I need more track work.

 

IIRC, somebody recently posted that the Michelen PS2's had a HUGE price spike on the rears in the not to distant past. Nobody can explain it. The fronts stayed constant but the rears spiked. As well, there was a time in the last year when you couldn't even get a set.......demand higher than supply.

 

I believe Tirerack only offers hazard insurance on tires if you buy all four. Also, they don't provide the hazard for PS2's, MPSC, AO48 or any other "competition" tire. Why PS2's don't get it, I don't know.

 

I think that is true. I paid less than $600 to replace 2 rears early last year.

Either the price spiked or the shop mistakenly charged me for fronts (which I highly doubt)!

On the bright side, these prices make a decent argument to get a second set of wheels and MPSCs for the track and save the PS2s for the street. Wonder if my wife will buy that logic?

 

I have done that...sucks! About 9 months ago, the day before I was supposed to head to the track, I got a nail and FAST flat on the freeway. Chewed up the inside of the RR tire. Bought 2 new rears and one was defective as the car pulled HARD one direction after install. Two tires later, problem solved. What a hassle.

Last week I decide to go for a spin to charge the battery, etc. I drive down my street and can hear and FEEL something is not right. I stop and find a fricken drywall screw in the RR. I go home and yank it out...while praying it did not puncture as it was at a 45 degree angle or so. Must of been my lucky day as it did not puncture...whew! The tire are NEW too....I would have been really pissed...

Sorry to hear about your nail, but I guess that is the price we pay for such a high performance driving machine! Gotta take the good with the bad I suppose.

 

I can get a set of New Yokahama AVS for $1000 for all 4 stock sizes if any one is interested, email me at tsang0002@yahoo.com

 

Sorry to hear that. I had a close call with a screw stuck sideways in the rear tread.

It is a trade off; more tire grip for less toughness.

If the tires are relatively new and one gets 'done in' maybe we need a Rennlist Tire Orphan Program.

 

Maybe this will make you feel a bit better with the $1,000.00 bill... Have a casual aquaintenance that hit a cat in his 997, $26,000.00 in repairs.