We usually go to Costco (who doesn't match deals, promotions or prices) for tires and my wife got a free trial membership to BJ's last month. This month save $70 on Michelin tire set of 4 and $30 off the $60 install. I wanted Michelin's and Costco has a Bridgestone (which I really didn't want) $70 off promotion.
IIRC Michelin was bought by a French firm a while back )over 10 years ago?) and the name brand and private label tires they make have recycled rubber in them, and at least down south here in Texas they dry rot on the side walls and tread gaps in just 12 months. I will never touch those brands again. I have only found 2 tire brands now that I use, one made in China of all places (brand I had never heard of), the cheapest ones Walmart had, that have not dry rotted in the last 3 years, and the other brand, a cheap tire ( I forget the brand name) at NTB on my Saturn. I just replaced one that had 75% of the tread left with the side wall so dry rotted it was about to explode. I guess China is not concerned with EPA-EU recyling BS that ruins new tires overnight. I doubt the issue is just recycling rubber, I suspect they have stopped using toxic-heavy metal UV stabilizers in the US-Eurozone fabricated tires as well.
All I know is can not afford 20 new tires a year that only 3,000 miles each on them.
I suspect it has a lot to do with who you can hire to change tires. That is not anyone's dream job. You aren't getting the best and brightest.
I just offer them as little as possible to screw up.
I will try to screw up the rest myself.
Reminds me of the day about 12 years ago Walmart over torqued my lug nuts. I tried a 6 foot cheater pipe on the tire tool and busted the tire tool :tears:.
Was lucky the bolt did not break. A shop finally got it loose in about 1 minute of beating on it using an impact, after a 2 day multiple soak with PB Blaster.....
How they actually service today's complicated electronic rigs with out screwing every one up, is beyond me.
Walmart tried that wrong tire size BS on me once, and then I pointed out the other 3 tires on the jeep were the larger size, and I think the door tag said 235s were OK(? IIRC) for towing, and mine had the tow package, and they computer showed they had installed 235s on my other 3 jeeps for years, LOL. I suggested they might get sued and forced to replace all the wrong (well worn) 235 tires they had already installed if they persisted with that BS. They finally caved, I can be quite persuasive LOL.
They do not seem to check the OEM specs, only the spec on the tire that is already on the rim at Walmart and NTB down here.