Canadian friendly border car tire shops

OK, I'll share. You can order at Tirerack, have em shipped to an installer who works with them, close to buffalo. Drive back
 
Red_Liner740 said:
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.
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Im talking general altimax arctic and michelin x ice xi2

If you compare apples to apples its not worth it. If you on the other hand compare canadian tire prices here vs small shop there then yeah, might be worth it for you.
 
discount tire has installers they use in the Niagara/buffalo area. Tires can be sent there no charge, don't know what install costs are and have not used them, but I will need tires in the spring, so this will be an option. As for going over, I work 5 minutes from the border and live 1/2 hour away. It is not inconvenient.
 
If you bought your tires legit in Canada and plan on crossing the border keep the receipt in the glove box. The onus is on you to prove that you didn't buy them stateside when you return to the border.
 
Red_Liner740 said:
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.
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You didn't call nor research enough. I too do cbiusa trips about 4x a year. This year's simplytire's GB 2-months back made it a 60$ difference between tirerack's price, all in cost (Michelin xice3's with steelies).

Gb discount + manufacture's rebate + install myself price + cash price = super competitive.

Not sure if the GB is still valid, but if it is, get on it ASAP!


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BMWWW said:
Gb discount + manufacture's rebate + install myself price + cash price = super competitive.
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And you're saying that you are comparing apples to apples with 'install myself'? And are you saying that if you're buying States-side, manufacturer's rebates somehow disappear? Blah blah blah... I love when people spend tons of time looking for all the rebates, discounts, spend their time installing/balancing/etc. And all of a sudden someone driving to the States wastes their time...
 
ViperZ said:
And you're saying that you are comparing apples to apples with 'install myself'? And are you saying that if you're buying States-side, manufacturer's rebates somehow disappear? Blah blah blah... I love when people spend tons of time looking for all the rebates, discounts, spend their time installing/balancing/etc. And all of a sudden someone driving to the States wastes their time...
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lol +1
 
vociferous said:
nowhere, even the res, will you ever find it for 2.75/g
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??? How is 80c a L 2.75? Its 3.03 a gallon. Sure I exaggerated a bit as I didn't sit there and do the conversion. Wanna be anal about it? Current gas is 3.46 a gallon = 91.4c a liter.

Toronto's low gas price for today is 121.6. So 30c a liter is nothing to sneeze at?

there are some tires that can be gotten cheaper in Canada than US. Nobody is disputing that. The tires I wanted for my moms car did not fit into that category. There were half a dozen tires and after doing red flag deals, Internet etc. Baileys tires beat them all.
 
ViperZ said:
And you're saying that you are comparing apples to apples with 'install myself'? And are you saying that if you're buying States-side, manufacturer's rebates somehow disappear? Blah blah blah... I love when people spend tons of time looking for all the rebates, discounts, spend their time installing/balancing/etc. And all of a sudden someone driving to the States wastes their time...
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For the record, I go on parts-run often, (I'm on the same team here, bought my Continental DW's in the past spring from tirerack, installed at the 24/7 shop in Buffalo, ditched my old ones with the shop--but I also brought over another $3,000 of various parts and toys), but GB-discounts + cash discount rendered "crossing the boarder" for winter tires in 2013 a 'zero-gain', or 'negligible price discount'. The main advantage of buying from the states (tirerack) is their tire protection warranty's if you bothered to go through the hassles and red tape.
 
Ended up getting some goodyear snows from CT. After a mail in rebate they were $100 a tire. Couldn't beat that by much
 
End up getting some Nokian on Kijiji for $340. Including rims
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