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I need new tires for my Saturn.

P185-65-R15.

Has anyone seen any Labor Day tire sales? I've been sorely disappointed.

This is for the San Francisco Bay/Santa Cruz area.

Thanks!
Todd
 
My guess is that the best you will be able to do is Discount Tire Co. That is where I buy all of the tires for our vehicles. When looking @ there tire prices remember that the price quoted includes everything (Tire, install, valve stem, balance, & road hazard warranty). I looked @ Walmart's site and after you add in the warranty and such it's just about the same price.

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www.tirenet.com is a great site. There's a guy named John that used to work there, probably still does, who can give you great advice on what tires you should get for a specific car, etc. I went to him for tires on my Mitsubishi and he recommended Toyo over Michelin since they were cheaper, and they ship via UPS Ground. The tires have been great and we've had them for 25,000 miles or so. I'd definitely use them all the time for tires for any of our cars.
 
After checking around for tires myself, I found that Costco is the best. The tire price includes everything, no additional costs. They will also give you lifetime balancing and will repair your tire for free.
 
I prefer to order online, and then pay Costco the $8 or $9 per tire to install them. It works out better that way, since Costco's tire prices aren't that great.

Costco gives you free tire repair for free as long as you are a member, even if you have no tires put on by them.

For the balancing and rotating which is also free (a hell of a deal), you have to have the tires at least put on there. I think it's a great deal myself, since rotating normally costs a lot, and Costco does it for free when I show them my receipt telling them that we had our tires put on by them!
 
Sam's club also has some good tire deals if you're not a COSTCO member. I got snow tires last year for about $60 each brand new and installed (70/15/225), which was about $20 cheaper than anywhere else locally (Rochester, NY)
 
Todd,
Oddly enough I have a Saturn too and just had tires put on this weekend. I went to Sears because they pricematch even online sites as long as you give them a printout showing shipping costs.
I got 4 Falken Ziex-512 195/60-15 for $275 out the door with the road hazard warranty and free rotations and balancing. The site that I showed them was from Vulcan Tires at http://www.vulcantire.com/ze512_60_t.htm.
The Falkens were rated #1 by consumer reports and had tons of positive reviews at 1010tires.com (yeah, I did some major research). They're way smoother and quieter than the Dunlop Sp Sport A2s they replaced.

Otherwise, discount tire is a good place to shop. I didn't go with them because they were $25 more than Sears after the pricematch and they were rude when I asked them about pricematching Sears (they flat out lied and said Sears doesn't offer free rotation and balancing, but I also bought the Dunlops from Sears and can say first hand they do). Good luck!
 
COSTCOS tire prices are way too high---I stopped buying from COSTCO years ago. Instead, I found a local mom and pop shop who sell and balance and rotate tires all day long and where I can get a decent set of new 14" Pirellis starting at $45/tire. Look around town for a mr pop and mom shop and you should do well. What I said for COSCTO goes ditto for Wal Mart and Sams.

todd said:
I need new tires for my Saturn.

P185-65-R15.

Has anyone seen any Labor Day tire sales? I've been sorely disappointed.

This is for the San Francisco Bay/Santa Cruz area.

Thanks!
Todd
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