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Accidents can happen anywhere, however if I witnessed someone let my car down on something it would have gone right back up to investigate for damage and would have never left the store without the managers acknowledgement of the incident incase something showed up later.
BTW the free replacement covers the tires completely until they are down to the wear bars, I think 2/32s and the manufacturer have a mileage warranty. If the tire is replaced under the free replacment plan just purchase the plan on the new tire and you are good to go again. This is better than Road Hazard, warranty is not prorated.
The Michellins on my C6 or 30K mile warranty.
I will NEVER, EVER set foot in another one of their stores after my last experience.
I bought a set of Nitto 555's for my '03 Cobra. Had the local store, which I have dealt with for over a decade, install them. Post-install, they lowered my car without taking a piece of equipment out from under the rack. The tech saw it hit, raised the car up, pulled out the obstacle, and then lowered .......
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Called up the store manager, went back and forth with their corporate office, and in the end they refused to acknowledge it was their fault whatsoever. So I ate the price of replacement cats ($800 installed) which cost more than my whole freaking set of tires.
I will NOT be back to any of their stores, or recommend them to anyone ever again. True, it's one bad experience out of a dozen, but it was an expensive experience that they were totally negligent for and refused to do the right thing. I even offered to go half with them just to try and get some help but nope....nothing.
So for me, NTB will be my go-to place...if not the dealership.

I will NEVER, EVER set foot in another one of their stores after my last experience.
I bought a set of Nitto 555's for my '03 Cobra. Had the local store, which I have dealt with for over a decade, install them. Post-install, they lowered my car without taking a piece of equipment out from under the rack. The tech saw it hit, raised the car up, pulled out the obstacle, and then lowered the car. I watched this happen from inside the store but figured it wasn't much of an impact.
Boy was I wrong. On the way home, the car started making an absolutely awful noise....much like a thrown rod would make. I pulled over, tried to trace the source of the problem. Long story short, they smashed both of my catalytic converters.


Called up the store manager, went back and forth with their corporate office, and in the end they refused to acknowledge it was their fault whatsoever. So I ate the price of replacement cats ($800 installed) which cost more than my whole freaking set of tires.
I will NOT be back to any of their stores, or recommend them to anyone ever again. True, it's one bad experience out of a dozen, but it was an expensive experience that they were totally negligent for and refused to do the right thing. I even offered to go half with them just to try and get some help but nope....nothing.
So for me, NTB will be my go-to place...if not the dealership.
I would like to hear more on this issue, Like did you talk to the manager before you left and what did he hit to destroy 2 cats?
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I believe discount free replacement certs are like 16% of the price of the tire and with our expensive tires I always recommend getting the road hazard warranty.
The best place to go is a close place, with a good staff, and that price match.
I believe discount free replacement certs are like 16% of the price of the tire and with our expensive tires I always recommend getting the road hazard warranty.
The best place to go is a close place, with a good staff, and that price match.

This is certainly the way I think! I am not usre who would warranty your tire rack tires, however Discount Tire will sell you the fre replacement certificate regardless of where the tires came from, even on the new ones from the factory. My thinking on tires and batteries is I want to be able to get them serviced most any place I go. Think I will stay with Discount Tire even if they are a little more expensive. The free replacment warranty even covers if someone slashes your tires or anything else you can imagine. I rarely ever waer a set out without getting at least one tire replaced for some reason.
I will NEVER, EVER set foot in another one of their stores after my last experience.
I bought a set of Nitto 555's for my '03 Cobra. Had the local store, which I have dealt with for over a decade, install them. Post-install, they lowered my car without taking a piece of equipment out from under the rack. The tech saw it hit, raised the car up, pulled out the obstacle, and then lowered the car. I watched this happen from inside the store but figured it wasn't much of an impact.
Boy was I wrong. On the way home, the car started making an absolutely awful noise....much like a thrown rod would make. I pulled over, tried to trace the source of the problem. Long story short, they smashed both of my catalytic converters.


Called up the store manager, went back and forth with their corporate office, and in the end they refused to acknowledge it was their fault whatsoever. So I ate the price of replacement cats ($800 installed) which cost more than my whole freaking set of tires.
I will NOT be back to any of their stores, or recommend them to anyone ever again. True, it's one bad experience out of a dozen, but it was an expensive experience that they were totally negligent for and refused to do the right thing. I even offered to go half with them just to try and get some help but nope....nothing.
So for me, NTB will be my go-to place...if not the dealership.
I will NEVER, EVER set foot in another one of their stores after my last experience.
I bought a set of Nitto 555's for my '03 Cobra. Had the local store, which I have dealt with for over a decade, install them. Post-install, they lowered my car without taking a piece of equipment out from under the rack. The tech saw it hit, raised the car up, pulled out the obstacle, and then lowered the car. I watched this happen from inside the store but figured it wasn't much of an impact.
Boy was I wrong. On the way home, the car started making an absolutely awful noise....much like a thrown rod would make. I pulled over, tried to trace the source of the problem. Long story short, they smashed both of my catalytic converters.


Called up the store manager, went back and forth with their corporate office, and in the end they refused to acknowledge it was their fault whatsoever. So I ate the price of replacement cats ($800 installed) which cost more than my whole freaking set of tires.
I will NOT be back to any of their stores, or recommend them to anyone ever again. True, it's one bad experience out of a dozen, but it was an expensive experience that they were totally negligent for and refused to do the right thing. I even offered to go half with them just to try and get some help but nope....nothing.
So for me, NTB will be my go-to place...if not the dealership.



Discount Tire Direct claims that they won't be undersold. I've bought tires from them before, with no issues, so I thought I'd give them a shot. I decided to see if they'd do a "price match" with my local tire retailer, plus DTD also had a couple of rebates going on at the same time. So, if they price matched the local shop, AND included the rebates, it would be a GREAT deal.
I emailed DTD with the local retailer's info, as required, and DTD e-mailed me back a little later, with a phone number to call. The DTD rep started by quoting the local store's price, BUT then said "plus shipping, our shipping is free". I said, "wait a minute, they're local to me, so there's NO SHIPPING"!! "Oh", he replied. Then he countered by saying they didn't charge sales tax, which the local store does. I countered with the fact that the local store mounted the tires, which DTD couldn't. "You're right", he had to admit.
After some more "fast talking", attempting to get me to buy the tires, he finally hit me with this...Bottom line, including the applicable rebates, etc, in place, he quoted me some price that was "$20-30 less", in total, than the local store, but not mounted and balanced. He then justified it by saying, "See, I told you our price IS less"........

Long story short, you have to shop around and be sure that the service you get is also good, and not go just by price. AND, don't get misled by some fancy wording, with a shop claiming their pricing is the absolute best, but the "qualifiers" are buried in the fine print.


















