New tires.

moneysense · #1 11-03-2010, 01:58 AM

My first piece of advice would be to shop around for tires. Some places charge you quite a bit for tires then charge labor for putting them on you car, so its important to comparison shop when looking for new tires.

We found a tire shop that had the tires that I need for my car, which is kinda hard to find since they are an odd size and not everyone carries them.

The total job cost us $266 and some odd change for the whole job, and the only extra charge was to dispose of two tires which only amounted to $5.50. No labor charge or anything.

I was also sure to check the number on the inside of the tire to see when the tires were made to make sure that I was getting brand new tires. This number is at the end past the DOT numbers.

The numbers were 1210 which means that these tires were made in the 12th week of 2010 making them brand new tires.

Many times people dont check for this number and can actually by tires that were made years before they were sold, so be sure to check to see that you are actually getting new tires. It does make a difference.

pennypinch · #2 11-04-2010, 02:09 AM

It does make a difference in the age even if they were never on a car before because of "dry rot". The tires can become damaged simply by laying around for a period of time. And besides the hazzard that poses, tires cost too much to be getting bum ones!

moneysense · #3 11-04-2010, 03:20 PM

You are so right and that is why I check the tires for that number before they are put on my car.

One advantage to buying tires where I did is that they are a small business but they do a large volume of business and therefore, the tires are not stored for a long period of time.

Because of this, you can pretty well assured that the tires you buy there are actually brand new tires and not tires that are 10 years or even older.