Re: FMCA Michelin Advantage Program
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Yahoo Message Number: 73870
Hi Nate - As a condition of purchase of our coach, we got credit from the 1st owner for a new set of shoes all around. We used BG Goodrich as the tire to base this credit off of.
I decided to go with the Michelins XZE* instead, paying the difference between them and BF Goodrich. I think the BF Goodrich would have served me well too.
I called TCI (somehow connected with Michelin, maybe owned by them), Park House Tire, Costco tire, and then my regular tire shop of 30 years Discount Tire (Working with the same Manager for 30+ years, started out when he was at old Southern California 4Day Tires.) In all calls, I waited to speak to the Manager, as they have the ability to make a deal. I politely said that I was looking for dates codes of 3 months or less, and that I would inspect each tires date before install. That I was looking for their best price, and told them whom I was quoting from. I also said this would include full balance of all 8 tires, including the duals. And that I would be very picky about, and would want to see, the tire being 'centered' on the rim (balance does nothing to help a tire that is not centered properly, and the large the tire, the more important the centering of the tire to the rim becomes).
Park House Tire and TCI came in within $50 of each other. I went with Park House, because it is closer to where I live. I think TCI would have done just as good a job. I tipped the installer $10 per tire up front, and said another $40 when he showed me all 8 tires centered well on the rims - he did, and he also spent a bit more time on the balance.
I do not have the receipt, and probably does not matter, as tire prices do fluctuate. But I know both TCI and Park House both came down quite a bit on the tires, from my first casual call to obtain pricing of various tires (Mich's, BG Goodrich (Made by Michelin, and good value for the upper tier 2 tire range. Some consider the Michelin and BF Goodrich to both be Tier 1 tires.) and Bridgestone.
Different parts of the country deal differently. I've also heard many people plan trips and tires while on the road in states where no sales taxes exist, Oregon is I think such a place, and many report good results with Le's Schwab tires. I'll look into that in 7 years:)! I try to be fair, but consistent on asking for discounts on many items I purchase - lots of room on these big ticket RV tires.
Oh - No FMCA info at all:)! May be a no fuss deal..
Best of luck on your tire search,
Smitty
04 Allure 31017
Costco and Discount will not mount the big tires, so I had to factor this into the costs quotes
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