| Re: Saturday Chat 06.04.11 |
Subject: Re: Saturday Chat 06.04.11 by TommyT-Bone on 2011/6/4 17:53:02 Well I pulled the trigger for the 90 on some Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports. They had some pretty good reviews and I got 10% knocked off the tire price. I didn't want to spend Michelin Pilot PS2 money. Firestone Wide Oval 98Ws were an option but since I did a run with FWSOs I thought I'd try the Bridgestones. The FSWOs were actually $70 cheaper due to a buy 4 get one free deal. Different tread pattern and stiffer side wall was what swayed me to go with the Potenza.(and my wife doesn't like Firestones) Andy's Kumhos were in the running but with shipping and installation the price was about the same. Convenience had a little to do with it too. Once again I'm somewhere in the middle with price point. Not the cheapest and not the most expensive. $759.70 out the door without road hazard. Mounted, balanced, disposal, hand washing fee, the works. I shopped Tire Rack, Sears and Tire Kingdom. It's not like I just jumped at the first tires. I researched prices and tires and went with what worked out best for me. Soon I'll give them a good warm up and test cycle. They'll both be ready sometime next week. Just waiting for the tires to come in. With the 91 I wasn't so lucky thanks to the 295 35 18s. Those suckas are like $400 each. Sears is doing that job because that's where she had the blowout. They have a price match policy. I went and got something for them to match. It's actually pretty close to what they charged me so not much in savings expected.  A write up on the Protenza RE760 http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/c ... otenza_re760_sport_page_8 |
