Can anyone recommend a good tire shop across the border in port huron/buffalo/Detroit? Need snows for my wife's car.
Canadian friendly border car tire shops
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vociferous
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be forewarned, each time i have crossed in the last 2 weeks (4 or 5 times), they have been checking and documenting the tires on the vehicles. when i inquired what they were doing, they told me they are checking for new snows being imported unclaimed.
I'll pay tax on them
I used these guys in the past. No problems to report. Their parking lot was full of canadian plate vehicles.
http://www.buffalonytires.com/Canadian_Customers.html
http://www.buffalonytires.com/Canadian_Customers.html
Oh right forgot about walmart. Need a 205/55/16.
After driving across, paying for fuel, taxes and you're time the savings will be eliminated.
Tires 23 or brampton tire world have some of the best prices in the gta.
American Wal-Mart
http://www.walmart.com/finder/tires/fv/Toyota/2007/Matrix/XR
Canadian Tire
http://tires.canadiantire.ca/en/tir...e&N=4294967245&pn_ps=10&pn_ok=Price_up&pn_p=1
Worth the drive? I dunno..
http://www.walmart.com/finder/tires/fv/Toyota/2007/Matrix/XR
Canadian Tire
http://tires.canadiantire.ca/en/tir...e&N=4294967245&pn_ps=10&pn_ok=Price_up&pn_p=1
Worth the drive? I dunno..
Done by kids in high school who have no idea what they are doing
Woah dude! I totally forgot about driving and fuel and the american taxes!
Oops just realized I forgot to get dressed today.
Oops I forgot to breathe today.
I'm dead now
daught
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Remember you need a passport to go to the US.
Also make sure you fuel up in Canada. Highest octane available in the US is 68.
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Red_Liner740
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BS. If you're shooting for cheap korean tires, then yes, you're right. Quality tires there is a huge price saving. I've done extensive research as i was in the market for tires very recently.
I bought Yokohama Avid Envigors for my moms Volvo in Buffalo a month ago and paid 600 all in, local tax, installation, balancing etc. The same tires locally were going for $250 each before anything else. You're telling me somehow $400 dollars is negligible?
We bought the tires at Baileys, aka BuffalyNYtires. They were great. My moms lock keys gave them a bear of a time due to being stripped but they took the extra time and took them off, they gave me the break cleaner that removes any and all markings from the tires so they dont look brand new. The yellow and white dots on the sides? Brake cleaner removes em quick!
Why would you go just for the tires? Do some shopping. Did you know that grocery shopping in US is not taxed here? So do your weekly grocery shopping across the border and same more coin.
Send your packages from US to CBI Usa and save huge on shipping and brokerage fees. A lot of US stores have free shipping within continental US.
Gas is 80c a liter in US. Cross the border flying on fumes and fill up. at 45c a L difference, that 250km you just drove to get there and back doesnt hurt as much.
Make a day out of it, almost like a road trip, and enjoy it.
Me and my fiancee do it a few times a year. We send a whole bunch of packages to CBI, cross the border, pick them up, fill up the car, do some shopping, do our grocery shopping, make sure to stop and eat at Chili's and come home.
I bought Yokohama Avid Envigors for my moms Volvo in Buffalo a month ago and paid 600 all in, local tax, installation, balancing etc. The same tires locally were going for $250 each before anything else. You're telling me somehow $400 dollars is negligible?
We bought the tires at Baileys, aka BuffalyNYtires. They were great. My moms lock keys gave them a bear of a time due to being stripped but they took the extra time and took them off, they gave me the break cleaner that removes any and all markings from the tires so they dont look brand new. The yellow and white dots on the sides? Brake cleaner removes em quick!
Why would you go just for the tires? Do some shopping. Did you know that grocery shopping in US is not taxed here? So do your weekly grocery shopping across the border and same more coin.
Send your packages from US to CBI Usa and save huge on shipping and brokerage fees. A lot of US stores have free shipping within continental US.
Gas is 80c a liter in US. Cross the border flying on fumes and fill up. at 45c a L difference, that 250km you just drove to get there and back doesnt hurt as much.
Make a day out of it, almost like a road trip, and enjoy it.
Me and my fiancee do it a few times a year. We send a whole bunch of packages to CBI, cross the border, pick them up, fill up the car, do some shopping, do our grocery shopping, make sure to stop and eat at Chili's and come home.
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