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Originally Posted by TundraBay
In fact I was feeling a bit guilty about going out of the county and all with buying my truck. Not extra guilty, but I'm thinking that instead of going to the tire rack and buying the tires for $230 a piece (and the hassle of going to pick them up at the border and all that) I'll spend my money locally.
So I went to the local tire shop and ordered the BFGs. I guess he hasn't installed 18" tires, but with these 18s and 20 around he's looking to buy a new machine. He's a good guy and I've had stuff done there before; he knows about TMPS, so even though I wasn't SAVING $ I was actually paying like about $150.00 more it was making me feel Christmas-y. Well you know the rest, now I have the inconvenience of going to the big city for tire change-out that I thought I could avoid, at least one benefit of shopping locally.
Anyway, I wasn't being cheap. But sometimes trying to support your local economy backfires  |
You're actually in more of a bind then you realize, or at least have mentioned here on TS...What happens when you get a flat and need it fixed???? If you're only going to be able to get these fixed in the "big city" which I presume is a couple hours away, and if none of your local tire shops are planning on being able to accomodate you in the next few months, then you might as well go ahead and order a whole extra set of rims/tires for spares, or at least a couple extras.
I live in a town or 5,000 with no larger town for 200 miles in any direction. I suppose I better go inquire myself. I hope they're properly equipped.