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I'm not proud to admit it, but that is pretty close to how my tires were last week. I finally swapped them out, but even with my employee discount i was looking at almost $700 for a set of four. Tires are expensive, and you often dont realize how bad they have gotten until it is too late. Even finding used tires is difficult these days.
That being said, going from exposed wires to fresh tires is amazing. I got in my car and immediately noticed i was sitting 3 inches higher, and it's wonderful driving a car that actually grips the road instead of just sitting on top of them.
700$!? Where are you located that tires are this expensive? Here in Austria they are between 40€-80€ per 1 tire.
A new set of 4 tires plus alignment for my compact crossover is about $900-930 in the US.
Smaller tires cost less and xovers usually need 4 tires if there's a certain thread difference. My mazda 3 cost 600 for 16" Michelin crossclimate2, which are considered good tires and also up there in price.
You can have your alignment checked before getting the alignment. Often you won’t need one. Every time I’ve checked everything was perfectly fine still.
I paid $700 2 years ago for tires for my SUV. SUV tires are a bit more expensive - but they’re still not cheap for sedans. I’m in the USA.
Lol. Why pay extra for an SUV? It's like throwing money away. You can easily get sedan tires under $100.
I sold the SUV a few months later, lol. I drive a hatch now.
They are usually larger. SUV tyres are at least R17 (or R19 if you're super fancy) while sedan tyres are between R14 and R16.
Just did this too mine were $600 for my car. They weren't even top grade tires or anything crazy. Live in u.s. Midwest
I still have no idea how I got 4 tires for about $180 in the Midwest a few years ago
For a second I imagined the shopping cart wheels (with the one that is bad) on a car.
Well he was suddenly 3 inches higher. So probably a big car/something with big tires. Almost Everything is more expensive on bigger cars.
I'm in Ohio and drive a Subaru Crosstrek. 255/17/55 tires arent cheap. I could have gotten discount tires somewhere, but i work at a union tire plant and so i got the premium tires that i make for a living.
My car has AWD and 35 profile ties. It's at least 1200USD for anything that doesn't suck because I have to change all four at the same time.
40 Euro for a tire? Is that stolen and/or used?
Thinking more about it, what brand tires di you buy? Chinese firms have been flooding the market with cheap tires to undercut domestic union made tires in America and Europe.
I don't know which ones they exactly were but it was from some German company as far as I remember.
How did you passed the inspection with these tires?! or is it damaged within one year?
In the US most states don't care in California (where I live) as long as it has a cat and passes emissions your good
I only just got the car 6 months ago, but Ohio doesn't have annual inspections
I get used tires for around $30-$40 per tire. Between $150 and $200 gets a full set with installation. They last me a few years from there, driving around 8,000 miles per year. They don't match, but I don't care.