Hmm lets see, got a speeding ticket on sat. and guess what happened this morning, FLAT tire. Should I go to acura to buy a new tire or should i go to firestone or somewhere??

 

i don't even think you can go to acura for tires.

but if you want to go to firestone, be my guest. but with the luck you're having, your brand new firestone tire will get tread separation and flip your car over

 

hahaha no i meant go to firestone or someplace to get the stock michelin tires

 

sure you're dealer will get ya a new one ... for over $200 ... best bet investing in a nice set of decent tires.

 

I went to the acura dealership to replace one of my flat tires just b/c it was only a mile away and also b/c none of the other tire stores had our tire in stock.

 

speaking of firestone... i heard something interesting. Everyone knows about the explorers with the tires that seperated and how they all flipped when the tires seperated. Mercury mountaineers and explorers are the same in weight, suspension, everything. but the incedent of a mountaineer rolling over when a tire failed was much much lower than the explorer. The reasoning is that explorer buyer were looking for the trendy vehicle to buy, while the mountaineer buyers were looking for a truck type of vehicle. So when the tires seperated, explorer driver tried to drive it like a car, and mountaineer drivers handled it properly because they were in the truck and tall vehicle mindset.

 

That is so true. I never really thought about that until you just said it.

I would say get rid of the POS Michellin tires and get another tire. IMO

 

I agree, use the $200 or more toward some Toyos or other way better tire.

 

definetly dong go to acura, 200 bucks arnt worht it, like i have a flat so i wanted just to get 4 kumho tires, but it snows here, but if you live where it doenst jsut get 4 of those there 100 bucks each.

 

I had to get a new tire because of a bubble and I compared prices between the dealer (who would put it on and balance it for me),tirerack.com and a couple other sites and the difference was only about $20-30, plus i'd have to pay shipping. I think the tire + install cost about $180 from the dealer and I didn't have to get my hands dirty

 

haha ya, i dont want to get my hands dirty either. THats why I called roadside assitant to come put the spare on for me. hehe. Well I took it to firestone and they fixed the tire for $14. I really dont have money to get 4 new tires, the speeding ticket and books for this semester came up to about $1k already.