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Where do you guys buy tires?

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Any local shops that you guys know or can recommend that'll cut me a good deal? Do I have to pay in cash? :) Let me know, before I kill myself driving my bald tires. lol
 
good tips, ill check em out.

Well I cant get a look at the prices for sams club items because im not a member. Not sure how the Costco thing works either, do they put the tires on at the store, or give you a voucher for someone else to do it? Cant compare the X-Ice on costco either as they apparently dont have them anymore(?) ABCarr, how do you like the X-ice's? I know it would be a tad different handling on a van than a car, but just wondering if its worth it to spend the extra money. Also going to look at those blizzaks since they seem to be popular around here as well.
 
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I've been very pleased with the X-Ice's on the GC. This is primarily my wife's vehicle, but I drive it pretty much exclusively on weekends. Ice/snow grip and braking are excellent, and there's not much of a drop-off in feel and control from the summer tires. I don't recall what we paid for them, but it was a good deal. If I get to Sam's Club in the near future, I'll check on pricing. Reminds me...I should get the X-Ice's mounted up sometime soon.
 
yeah its snowing pretty good over here in waterloo. How has the wear been on the x-ice? Ive been reading some more reviews and some people who have had them a a season or 2 or very disapointed with the wear. Not sure Id want to pay the premium for them to have them wear out faster than a cheaper set.
 
With any ice tire, chances are the "ice" compound wears off after two seasons or so because that's how they were built. What remains is an aggressive all-season tread that is adequate on ice, but still retains the properties of a winter tire.

Tire Rack actually implies that the Blizzaks wear on the same principle because they are "ice tires".

For tires, I trek out to Markham - Steelcase Tires N Mags.
 
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