tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post6420045825840802426..comments2023-10-19T13:54:12.979+02:00Comments on Life Lessons of a Military Wife (overseas in Europe!): Don't Buy Another Tire Til You Read This****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****http://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-1265755656171657222008-05-13T16:43:00.000+02:002008-05-13T16:43:00.000+02:00Read other great frugal articles at the Festival o...Read other great frugal articles at the Festival of Frugality #125<BR/><BR/>http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/05/12/festival-of-frugality-125-save-some-money-if-you-are-rich-edition/****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****https://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-5491940650713821312008-05-13T15:00:00.000+02:002008-05-13T15:00:00.000+02:00I agree. I have heard both Sam's and Costco recom...I agree. I have heard both Sam's and Costco recommended for tires and service...unfortunately, they didn't carry my specialized tires either...****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****https://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-2064327800046022342008-05-13T13:53:00.000+02:002008-05-13T13:53:00.000+02:00I just had a great experience buying four new tire...I just had a great experience buying four new tires at Costco. The price was competitive with other tire stores, and it includes lifetime balancing, rotation, air pressure checks and flat repair. They even put a little sticker inside your window to remind you when to come in for your (again, FREE) rotation. Anyway, I can highly recommend them.mamacitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201474702664482175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-9751690354196126202008-05-08T17:36:00.000+02:002008-05-08T17:36:00.000+02:00I've recently started reading your blog and I real...I've recently started reading your blog and I really enjoy it. I see that you'll be moving to Germany soon. That's where I had my bad tire experience.<BR/><BR/>Here's the story:<BR/>http://redlegwife.blogspot.com/2006/06/202.html<BR/>and the ending:<BR/>http://redlegwife.blogspot.com/2006/06/220.htmlCristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812316862155898749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-78460599375510065492008-05-08T15:33:00.000+02:002008-05-08T15:33:00.000+02:00I guess I'm not the only one with tire troubles!I guess I'm not the only one with tire troubles!****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****https://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-937904608910196592008-05-08T15:21:00.000+02:002008-05-08T15:21:00.000+02:00My husband is very big on getting the same tires (...My husband is very big on getting the same tires (brand and all) as what was originally on the vehicle. This is usually a good idea if you have a blowout and need to replace just one AND the tires are fairly new. (I seem to be the champ of blowing out one tire on a new vehicle...I've done it THREE times!)<BR/><BR/>That being said...Michelin tires are VERY expensive...even for a 2000 Hyundai! But hubs insists.<BR/><BR/>So...we recently needed new tires on our 2003 Kia Sedona minivan. I had a slow leak in one of them, so I switched over to the spare, thinking I'd get the leak fixed (I couldn't find it, but I new there was one somewhere!). The very next day, rushing out the door to church, we discovered that we had a FLAT tire on another tire. SO, I had to pull that "slow leak" back out from the storage rack, and put it back on. We were now officially DESPERATE for tires. <BR/><BR/>Of course, my hubby only wants the SAME KIND...and we had some weird, off-brand Korean tire on it! I looked it up on line...priced it out. They didn't have the EXACT same kind, but they had a "newer model". I was actually lucky to find a vendor for that tire here in Oz-ville! But each tire was $90...that's a LOT of money for a tire (in my book...but then again, I used to own a toyota that had tiny tires which cost about $25 each!). <BR/><BR/>I do my research first, though. I won't just walk into a tire shop and buy what they've got. Had we been able to use AAFES or an online store for a better price, we would have...but we figured out that our costs would be more using those methods.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956372504248127591noreply@blogger.com