After searching EVERY website poosible that sell tires, I found tirerack.com to have the best prices. Of course, there are not a lot of tire companies that build 19" all-season tires, so I decided on the Continental - ContiTouringContact CW95.

Armed with a print out of the tire rack price ... I visited 10 or 11 tire dealers in my area. Not ONE of the dealers would even come close to the Tire Rack's price. And these we MAJOR dealers, too. Not the little mom-n-pop shops.

Then I checked out NTB (Nat'l Tire & Battery) & Tires Plus. BOTH stores would match the tirerack.com price (including shipping). I ended up selecting NTB because they are only 1 mile from my job. They charged $40.00/tire for installation (and that INCLUDES Road Hazard protection).

They got the tires in 5 days . The installation ... well, good news/bad news. First the good news: It took about 2 hours. Now the bad news: while removing the original "summer only" tires (Michelin), they accidently punctured one of the 19" tires.

But more "good news": they replaced it with a new tire.

The moral to this story ... low profile tires are not easy to remove from the wheel. Even for professionals. But DAMN ... they look good !