Discount Tire
You get more then you pay for

Let me start out by saying I love Nitto Tires. I have 20″ rims on Black Sunshine and want only the best performance possible. Before you all start yelling at me for grouping 20″ shoes with performance on a sports car, let me tell you that I don’t care. I like the aggressive stance that the larger wheels give and if I sacrifice a small amount of power then it is my choice. Anyway, I wrapped the rims with Nitto NT555 high performance street tires and I couldn’t be more happy. The side wall is short and the grip feels great (as long as the road is dry). It is easy to get my baby sideways in the rain with the 4.10 gears but these baby’s were not optimized for Seattle.

Anyway, to the point of this post. Not many tire stores keep the Nitto NT555 in stock let alone give good pricing on them. I had the option of ordering them through parts stores or paying $10 more to go through Discount tire. I decided to go with Discount Tire since they would do the mounting and balancing along with the other stuff that I just don’t have the tools for. The mounted all the tires quickly and the guys there were very helpful. Being a gear head, I had a blast browsing through their showroom of different tires and got a chuckle when this lady came in and wanted the cheepest tire possible for her little Toyota. Tires are not the part on your car to go bargain shopping on!

So when my tires were finished, the salesman at Discount Tire gave me the usual sales pitch on “hey do you want the warranty on your tires?” I usually shy away from add-on sales and cross-sales but we are talking about my freekin tires. At about $25 bucks a piece I was able to buy tire insurance for the tread life of each tire. This is one hell of a deal for anyone with performance tires and I will back this up.

Last week after getting my warranty service, I noticed my tire was running low (very hard to tell with such a short side wall). At 15psi I knew something was wrong. I was even more disturbed when I could hear air escaping after tossing in some air. I called Discount Tire and made a appointment for my lunch hour. They did not have any Nitto NT555 in stock (no surprise) but they would take a quick look at the problem. I got there right on time and they brought me right into the bay (make an appointment people…walk-ins always wait longer). Sure enough there was a nail in the middle of my tread. The guys there patched it right up and I was out the door in about half an hour. I was in and out and did not pay a dime thanks to the tire insurance.

Long story short, I would send anyone to Discount Tire and almost force them to get the insurance for their tires as long as they aren’t buying the cheap non-matching used rubber erasers for their Toyota. Thanks guys!

—- EDIT/Addition 2008-03-12 —-
It looks like my boys over there at Discount Tire are getting some love from Google.  It seems that their first week using Google Analytics gave them a %14 boost in online sales.  I have always been an advocate of GA and I am glad to see some of the places I like to shop get some love (especially in online transactions).

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