Barnum tires
Barnum tires
I was driving our limited roadster yesterday and started hearing tire tread slapping the underside of the car. I was about a mile from a Discount Tire so I limped in to see about new tires.The ones on the car were about used up anyway. I was quoted over nine hundred dollars for Barums and was told the widest width they made for the rear was 245. If I would pass on the road hazard the price dropped into the $800 range. Left the car in the parking lot, had my wife pick me up and went home to check price online. Discount’s web site showed the right sizes and came in at $300 something. Printed it out, went back to the store and wound up at $438 out the door. Why does everything have to be so hard?
tried to edit the thread title but can’t. They are really not circus tires.
tried to edit the thread title but can’t. They are really not circus tires.
Last edited by JSK; 01-11-2020 at 02:26 PM.
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How can you fault the tire for someone trying to sell them at a super high price? I read your post three times shaking my head, maybe I am missing something?.
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Last edited by GraphiteGhost; 01-14-2020 at 04:24 PM.
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Did you read the whole post? They were actually $438 mounted and balanced including taxes and fees.
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Yes I read the thread, stated that they originally wanted 900
Then next day went back to store and was 438
Was not faulting the tire, just that for the price range for tires the atlas tires would be a better choice for me. Since they are both comparable in price, but I think the atlas is cheaper
Then next day went back to store and was 438
Was not faulting the tire, just that for the price range for tires the atlas tires would be a better choice for me. Since they are both comparable in price, but I think the atlas is cheaper
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You have to be an entrepreneur to truly appreciate the store owner/manager. They must have been polite, friendly and reasonable to deal with or you wouldn't have kept negotiating. The way I see it you should be promoting how great this shop treats people, because the evidence says they do. Did you ever pay full price for a house, car, car part??? You didn't for these tires either. Get it. Just sayin'.
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You have to be an entrepreneur to truly appreciate the store owner/manager. They must have been polite, friendly and reasonable to deal with or you wouldn't have kept negotiating. The way I see it you should be promoting how great this shop treats people, because the evidence says they do. Did you ever pay full price for a house, car, car part??? You didn't for these tires either. Get it. Just sayin'.
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That is the experience nearly all of us have with Discount Tire when purchasing the Barum tires. My cost for a set of OEM sized tires, mounted & balanced, was $480.50 back in 2016. Back then the local Discount Tire store didn't stock the tires. I ordered from their Discount Tire Direct website & had the Barum's shipped to the local Discount Tire store. Now they keep a complete set in stock for the Crossfire - quite a few Owners in my area. But the only issue is that anyone wanting a wider tire for the rear can't get a Barum tire. And I'm sort of picky regarding mixing tires on any of my cars.
Last edited by dedwards0323; 01-15-2020 at 09:21 AM.
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Making a buck is one thing, being outrageous is another.
if a place is close ior descent on a price, I don't haggle, shopping brick and mortar store.
Lol, I remember one time I was broke down and towed to a tire shop the night before, next day I walked back and with their price, I jacked up my car and took the tire off and carried it 1 - 2 blocks down the road and was in and out, and they gave me a ride back and offered to put it on my car (which was sitting in competitors front parking lot)
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The Barum Bravuris is made by Continental (European version). The Continental website accepts warranty registration as well, check out that warranty and you may never again buy the 'tire service' offered by these TIRE stealerships! BTW, they ride real nice!
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Last edited by dedwards0323; 01-16-2020 at 04:22 PM.
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Count me as also being very happy with the Barum Bravuris 3 tires. I did quite a bit of research and comparative shopping and found these to be a very good tire for the money. I've had them for two summers now and they handle great. Discount Tire was very easy to deal with. Set of 4 was under $500.
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“For an ultra-high-performance tire that wont break the bank, choose the Barum Bravuris 3 UHP tire. This tire, only available from Discount Tire or Discount Tire Direct, uses an asymmetric tread and closely spaced exterior blocks to deliver optimum steering response. It has an all-season tread pattern with four circumferential grooves to deliver good traction on wet and dry roads, and rides quietly because of a closed shoulder block design. These great features make the Barum Bravius 3 a good fit for your performance-oriented sedan or sporty compact.”
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My apologies for the butchered title but when I saw what I had done I tried to fix it but seems you can’t edit the title. I did have them installed Tuesday and they actually wound up at $468 total. I think I was working with a rookie, when I went back with the print out from their website he had to get help to get the pricing right. I haven’t driven on the new tires. The car is in my garage on the hoist. I took the factory wheels with the worn out tires to them to be dismounted and had the new tires installed on the TSW wheels I took off my black SRT. Im Going to do brakes and a couple other things before I put it back together.