Tyres - is this right?

[Miss.September]

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?

[Pandora]

What brand are the 299 ones?
If they are continental it's a good price. But yes it's a lot.
Lots of tyre places offer interest free these days.

Ring a few different places and see what they know/think about the specific tyres this guy is saying are good.

170 is what I pay for a better tyre on my little corolla so it does sound a bit low for a territory..

They will also charge you for a wheel alignment on top of the tyres.

Ring all the tyre places and get quotes from each so you have something to bargain with.

[feeb]

We have an SV6 commodore and paid $240 per tyre for them.

DH rnag around beaurpaires, tyrepower, costco, kmart tyre, bob jane etc and got prices varying from $200 - $290 depending on brand.

[Tinks]

Wow tyres are expensive

I've never paid full price for mine. DH's 4x4 cost us around $100 each and tyres for my little jig are about $50. I do a fair bit of Km's and get 18mths or so out of them. So far Dh has had his on his car for a year and they're still fine.

[~me~]

We got to Kmart now for all our services and Tyres, they are very reasonable and honest.
It does sound alot?

[Miss.September]

Okay, after ringing around, we've found that the $170 ones still were the cheapest, (it included putting them on, balancing them and was an extra $50 for alignment) even though Kmart offer their 10% price beat guarantee, it's only on tyres they stock and the cheapest they had was $220. They wouldn't price match with the Tyre Factory because they didn't stock the same tyre. We've looked up the tyre that's been recommended and its known as Australia's best value for money performance tyre. The car is booked in for tomorrow, so I guess time will tell.

Thanks for all your help

[Pandora]

Choice do tyre reviews
Actually google tyre review and a few places have them, you may find them on one of those