Re: Tire Rack vs Costco
Since this is a post about Tire Rack vs. Costco, I thought I should relate my search. I ordered tires this weekend. After a lot of consideration, I decided to go with Michelin PILOT SPORT A/S 3+.
My current tires are noisy and not in great shape but I think they will be fine if I baby them. The standard size fronts are on back order most places I tried, although Tire Rack did have them in stock. But shipped Tire Rack was just under $800 for the set. That was just for tires, not stem rebuild. And Installation was another $100. So just over $900 total.
Costco had a sale which at least part of has since expired. $70 off for a set of Michelin tires, an extra $60 off for Executive members. Total for tires and installation was $718. However, fronts will be a wait of some kind. I couldn't even add them to my online cart for my local store. But I added them to a remote location, and then changed location to my local store. I did this to get the order in at the lower price knowing there would be a delay.
So to summarize Tire Rack $900+ (Tires in stock), Costco $718 (Tires not in stock but price locked down)
By the way Discount Tire direct was ~$1000 installed and fronts were not available for them either. I don't live near a Discount tire store so they fell off for me.
I do think the Barum tires are a bargain, but I need more than summer tires.