tirerack.com good or bad

[3000Star]

ok i need new front tires and i dont have hundreds of dollars to spend so i heard from someone that tirerack is a good place with good prices and a wide selection..so i wanted to know if any of you guys have bought tires from here and the tire that i am looking at is a Yokohama AVS ES1000 they look alot like the F1 tires... i would get two more of the same tires i have already but there about 50bucks more and there mich. pilots....so any input we be greatly helpfull...and i wanna get them in the next few days

[Igovert500]

I think it's awesome...I buy all my tires, my family's tires, and my girlfriend's tires there. I highly recommend it. Someone else just recommended another site...I think it was Linebacker, and the site was like discountires.com or directires.com or something like that...check the last few pages of posts and look for a thread about tires, or it might even be in the Off topic thread. The other site apparently is a even cheaper than tirerack.com but doesn't have as large an inventory.

As far as that specific tire, I have only had good experiences with Yokohama, but I've never used that exact tire. You may want to check in the 'tires and wheels' subforum on the main page of AF...there are some very knowledgable people there...especially the moderator, "Grant@tirerack.com", he was very helpful when I was trying to decide between 4 different tires 4 my gf's car...so post a question there, and I'm sure he'll answer it in a very short time.

[3000Star]

thanx i apprieciate it

[Linebckr49]

Tires anyone? Ya, i just purchased a set of 4 Yokohama Avid V4S tires from discounttiredirect.com . They were cheap there ($88) than at tirerack.com. And yes, discounttiredirect doesn't have as large a selection as tirerack, but they DO offer free shipping. Mine are in transit, and when i get them and they're mounted, i'll let you guys know how i like em.

Igovert, what Yokohama's do you have/have you had on your car? I decided to go with the Yokohama Avid V4S because they had all-season great traction, even in wet weather. In addition, they had the highest tread rating i could find at an affordable price: 500AA.

have fun tire shopping! perhaps there will be some sales on Friday (after Thanksgiving) at tire sale retailers.

[Igovert500]

I had hte Avid H4s...I think...on my honda, and had no complaints....although they outlasted my car...so take that for what it's worth