Walmart has select
Auto Vehicle/Passenger Rollback Tires Event (various brands/sizes) on sale
from $50.86 listed below.
Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup if stock permits.
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If you are going budget brand, I'd stick with a budget brand made by one of the top manufacturers (e.g. Goodyear, Continental, etc.). Douglas tires are made by Goodyear. You aren't going to get there latest technologies, but you'll get a tire that has a long reputation.
The conventional measure of one direction handling are skidpads, and dynamic handling (as in emergency maneuvers) are slaloms. This is very basic stuff that is covered well in testing that you can research if you desire.
None of this is to knock your sister's tires. There are bare minimum standards that exists for the manufacture of tires as you point out. It's not about fear. It's about understanding that extra money spent can actually buy better performing tires that can make a vehicle stop faster and handle better. I'm glad you mentioned tire wear, because that's another area where better tires drop off far less than others. This is the hardest area to find data on as most tires are tested new. I could link you to a Michelin study, that's shows variance from new to old across brands, but there's too much bias there as Michelin conducted the test. Just talking about anecdotes like you were, I can tell you I bought Falken tires once. They offered very good out-of-the-box performance when new, but boy did they become shit in the wet once slightly worn. I wish there was better testing to know that could happen. On the other hand, I've had Yokohama Avid Ascend GTs that maintained impressive all weather performance their entire life, and they are fairly cheap for what is offered.
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If you are going budget brand, I'd stick with a budget brand made by one of the top manufacturers (e.g. Goodyear, Continental, etc.). Douglas tires are made by Goodyear. You aren't going to get there latest technologies, but you'll get a tire that has a long reputation.
Tirerack and DiscountTire also do sales pretty often.
If you almost never see rain or snow, there's little reason not to look at summer tires that have superior traction in the dry.
Your mechanic is either lying or you misunderstood. Walmart does have a house brand of Douglas tires made by Goodyear. They are not as good as premium Goodyear tires and they aren't supposed to be. They are totally functional, but as a budget tire, they use less sophisticated compounds, have lower traction ratings, and lower tire mileage warranties you'd expect when shopping the least expensive options.
If you did have an issue, would you rather seek remuneration from Walmart or Bubba's Tire Extravaganza? I trust that Walmart has the funds to reach a settlement and actually pay the settlement. I also trust that Walmart doesn't want a PR disaster of defrauding the public. I way more trust Walmart than many small businesses without any oversight.
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But if you see a good year model blah blah blah that same good year model will be identical no matter if its in walmart or at sears. They would have to change the model number to LEGALLY make it different, or else it would fall under illegal and deceptive marketing practices.
Your mechanic is either lying, or you misunderstood. Walmart does have a house brand of Douglas tires made by Goodyear. They are not as good as premium Goodyear tires and they aren't supposed to be. They are totally functional, but as a budget tire, they use less sophisticated compounds, have lower traction ratings, and lower tire mileage warranties you'd expect when shopping the least expensive options.
If you did have an issue, would you rather seek remuneration from Walmart or Bubba's Tire Extravaganza? I trust that Walmart has the funds to reach a settlement and actually pay the settlement. I also trust that Walmart doesn't want a PR disaster of defrauding the public. I way more trust Walmart than many small businesses without any oversight.
This.
When my tires did not get delivered after 3 weeks, and FedEx lost track of them, Walmart refunded the entire order. And when they did arrive weeks later, it did not want them back. I doubt Bubba's Tire Extravaganza would do the same. Frankly, no other store even came close to the price.
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