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Need New Tires for 2007 Grand Caravan... Used?
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10-15-2013, 11:27 PM
If you have someplace that will mount them, I suggest looking at Discount Tire Direct. They have very good prices (cheaper than Tire Rack since discount ships free) and fast delivery.
I've been using them for at least the last ten years with no complaints at all. I ship them direct to my mechanic.
10-15-2013, 11:37 PM
Lets see, your tires are only five years old and have dry rot but have lots of tread life remaining. So you are going to consider buying used tires with lots of tread life remaining. Makes sense - not.
Five year old tires should not have rot. See if there is any warranty.
10-15-2013, 11:46 PM
Space,
Tortoise said it better than I ever could. My thoughts echo his but I'll say it a little differently. Not a chance. I don't skimp on tires. I don't even by based on a favorite brand. I carefully research and pick and choose based on the car, driving style and expected weather conditions. If that means the tires of choice are from Michelin, so be it. If the tire of choice is from Goodyear or some other company, that's the tire. I don't look forward to replacing the tires on my '09 CX-7. I've got less than 25K miles on the car and know the tires will be expensive. Definitely don't relish the thought of dropping hundreds of dollars on new tires. But, at the rate I'm going, they'll suffer deterioration from age before the tread wears to the point that it's time to replace them. Same goes for my wife's '07 Yaris. It has the original tires and even less mileage than my car! At least tires for her car aren't going to require a mortgage.  But, when the time comes to replace the tires on both vehicles, brand-new and only brand-new. Used tires wouldn't even cross my mind. FWIW, the last time I had to put tires on a car, it was for a Crown Vic police interceptor. I chose Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires for it based on reviews and recommendations from Tire Rack Robert
10-15-2013, 11:59 PM
spacescape wrote: spacescape Perhaps I should clarify why I feel so strongly about tires, I turn 70 next year, and when I was in my early twenties I bought some retreads (very commonly available in the 60's of my youth) for my mustang as I thought I could not afford new tires. Several months later on a trip to Reno on a curved mountain road (highway 50 in those days) doing 70 mph I experienced a blowout on the right rear tire and somehow managed after spinning three complete revolutions came to a safe stop with no damage to me or my passenger. I might also add that during the three revolutions where I had absolutely no control I narrowly missed hitting a family stopped on the side of the road as I went by them facing backwards. To this day I can still remember the terror I felt and saw on the faces of my passenger and the family on the side of the road. It is an image I can still see in my mind as clearly as the day it happened and I will never forget it. So now perhaps you can understand my feeling on the subject of tires. Save money on computers and other areas of your life that don't have the ability to take your loved ones from you. I worked in the automotive field for over twenty years and there are many ways to get killed on the highway, some of them easily avoided like cheap tires.
10-16-2013, 02:05 AM
tortoise wrote: spacescape Perhaps I should clarify why I feel so strongly about tires, I turn 70 next year, and when I was in my early twenties I bought some retreads (very commonly available in the 60's of my youth) for my mustang as I thought I could not afford new tires. Several months later on a trip to Reno on a curved mountain road (highway 50 in those days) doing 70 mph I experienced a blowout on the right rear tire and somehow managed after spinning three complete revolutions came to a safe stop with no damage to me or my passenger. I might also add that during the three revolutions where I had absolutely no control I narrowly missed hitting a family stopped on the side of the road as I went by them facing backwards. To this day I can still remember the terror I felt and saw on the faces of my passenger and the family on the side of the road. It is an image I can still see in my mind as clearly as the day it happened and I will never forget it. So now perhaps you can understand my feeling on the subject of tires. Save money on computers and other areas of your life that don't have the ability to take your loved ones from you. I worked in the automotive field for over twenty years and there are many ways to get killed on the highway, some of them easily avoided like cheap tires. This is why it is now recommended that you put your best tires on the rear.
10-16-2013, 08:59 AM
Sometimes it depends on the used tires in question..
20 years ago I bought 4 sets of used tires from my wife, mother and 2 sets for my car (I went through a set a year). Though they were sold as used, they all came off new cars from a dealers lot that had been flooded. The cars were in 3-4 feet of water for several hours and totaled. A local salvage yard got ahold of them and was selling the tires for $100 for matched sets of 4. The tires still had the injection knobs on them. It was a no-brainer.
10-16-2013, 10:34 AM
Ok, here are the tires I'm looking at now that you guys have smacked me around!!! haa haa...
Bridgestone ECOPIA EP422 = $455.08 installed (after $70 rebate) Michelin DEFENDER = $554.76 installed Goodyear ASSURANCE CT TOURING = $495.96 installed (after $80 rebate) I'm leaning towards the Goodyears (I can save another $80 if I open a Goodyear creditcard but probably will pass). So, no more lecturing me on "used tires"... I'm past that now. haa haa. This is from the "Large Chain" (Belle Tire) here in Michigan and my work deals with one of the locations to work on their trucks so I'll probably call the manager and ask him to "cut me a deal" if at all possible.
10-16-2013, 03:17 PM
You can also try price matching with other tire stores. I got a screaming deal that way by going to Belle Tire who price matched a Discount Tire deal.
BTW, although the other tires might be better (I don't know) the Bridgestone Ecopias are pretty good tires.
10-16-2013, 08:10 PM
After the rebate I can get the Bridgestone Ecopias for $425 (out the door)... I think I'm leaning towards that model.
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