We have a Ford Territory, have had it for just over a year and it needs new tyres. We've gotten two quotes, one that was $170 per tyre, and one that is $299 per tyre. The $299 one, when we asked him about the $170 price, he said that the tyres wouldn't last six months. But the guy offering the $170 per tyre said that although it is a new tyre on the market, its really popular with Territories, and six months in, they're coming back for wheel alignments and rotations and are wearing really well. The $170 tyre is from The Tyre Factory, the $299 one is from Beaurepairs.

Fact is, we can't afford $1200 for tyres, but I don't want to be replacing them in six months either. Part of the condition of sale when we bought the car was that new tyres went on, the old ones were bald, and it seems that they've put second hand tyres on, so it wasn't something we were expecting so soon (with the amount of driving I do, new tyres usually last me 4-5 years). And we can't go back and fight the dealership. We sort of traded a very dodgy car (which they didn't test drive) so I know this is karma biting me in the butt!

So do you reckon the Beaurepairs guy is just fishing for a sale by saying the $170 tyres won't last, or should we just believe him?