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Originally Posted by KayakerNC
...But have you cross checked Costco for your Michelins?...
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No, Kayaker, I had not checked Costco. Even though the closest one to The Villages is about an hour and fifteen minute drive, I LOVE the place.
Just for the heck of it I checked Costco for the 18-inch Michelin tire I was looking for. They didn't have it in stock at the store, but it could be ordered online and delivered to the store. Then I'd drive down there to have the tire installed. The Costco online installed price including Florida sales tax was within a couple of bucks of what I will pay to have the tire shipped from The Tire Rack (no sales tax) and then pay the local tire dealer to mount the tire and balance it. And I can have it done locally, rather than having to drive to Altamonte Springs to get the work done.
But, for the benefit of those reading here, both The Tire Rack as well as Costco look like they are excellent options to local tire dealers if one wants to save some serious money in buying tires.
I also just bought a set of golf cart tires and after re-thinking what I did, an online check showed that I could have gotten a new set of four tires
mounted on four fancy aluminum wheels for about the same price that I paid the local Tire Kingdom dealer for four tires alone a few weeks ago. Proves I was a dum-dum on that transaction.
Thanks for the Costco tip.