Can any one help me with a tire store recommendation other than Wal-Mart. I have not been happy with their service.

Can any one help me with a tire store recommendation other than Wal-Mart. I have not been happy with their service.

I use one of three usually. Hibdon, Big O, and Pep Boys. I have not had to buy tires in five years or more, however. Unless you count paying 20 grand for a set of tires and getting a free car or truck with them.

Sam's Club has tires priced very competetively. I always get my tires there but am not sure about customer service after the fact....

Last set of tires I bought, I ordered online from the Tire Rack, but I had them installed at A to Z Wholesale Tire at 10th and May. Very good people, I'd say. They sell the Cooper line and maybe a couple of others.

Tire Rack and installed at the Lexus dealership. I'll prob check out Sam's Club for my next set of tires because I don't have a car to use performance tires on anymore.

I do believe Sam's Club is the least expensive but haven't compared prices lately. In the past, they always beat out the competition. The kicker is you have to have a membership -

Swanson's Tires in downtown OKC is very well priced. I can also recommend their services as mechanics. They don't constantly recommend the unnecessary (and expensive) maintenance that the dealerships recommend -- and they're excellent otherwise.

Also, they have nitrogen which is better to fill your tires with than plain air -- it maintains a more constant tire pressure as it does not react to hot and cold like regular air does (tread lasts longer) and also does not react with moisture inside the tire causing the interior tube to break down (safer).

Swanson's is located on Hudson somewhere between 13th and 6th - I think on 11th.

I drive from downtown OKC to Big O Tires in yukon (just north of I40)... because I know some of the guys there and I trust them (that's one thing I dislike about being female and always wondering if I'm getting ripped off)... I would recommend them and can give you more info if you want!

That's cool about the nitrogen, Midtowner! I never knew that... do you go back there to get the tires filled if they are running low?

Nitrogen doesn't have the same (I don't know what the word is, so I'm using the best one I know to describe) seepage problems that regular air does.

-- but yes, they do that for free if you buy your tires there.

$10 otherwise because changing the air out is a bit of a hassle (they have to suck all of the old air out to replace it with the nitrogen).

My preference is Mike's Goodyear down on SW 119th and Western. They tell you what you need and never pressure you into buying the junk you do not need.

I quit going to Wal-Mart just because they sell cheap tires that never last. Just like everything else sale.

The last set I bought was as favor to help out my little brother on tires for his car.

Six months later he had to have them replaced.

I recommend this to anyone who does not know much about cars. Never buy the cheapest products and services out there for your vehicle. Normally if you call around or visit a few places you can find out the going rate for a product. Sure you will pay a little more but, the job will be done right.

If you do not know much about cars and you need something serviced take someone who knows about cars with you.

If you do not have that option take your care to at least three places. Doing that well help you figure out what the real problem is and it will keep you from paying an extra $200 dollars for services you really do not need.

Swanson's Tires in downtown OKC is very well priced. I can also recommend their services as mechanics. They don't constantly recommend the unnecessary (and expensive) maintenance that the dealerships recommend -- and they're excellent otherwise.

Also, they have nitrogen which is better to fill your tires with than plain air -- it maintains a more constant tire pressure as it does not react to hot and cold like regular air does (tread lasts longer) and also does not react with moisture inside the tire causing the interior tube to break down (safer).

Swanson's is located on Hudson somewhere between 13th and 6th - I think on 11th.

I agree on not going to dealerships. I was a light equipment mechanic in the military. Some of the reservists that augmented our unit were dealership mechanics.

What I learned from them was that most delearship mechanics do more part changing than they do repairs. Parts make the dealership money making a simple repair does not. Sometimes all you need is nothing more than simple maintence to fix a problem.

The molcules in nitrogen are larger then air's thus less seapage through the tire and layers of rubber, or belts as there called. And also you are right it has less affect to temp changes you will also find that nascar and drag racers and most any car racers will run nitrogen filled tires for that very reason its less adapt to temp changes then air. So if you fill a nitrogen tire at 35 it will stay within and very very close to that 35 an air filled tire will lose I think its about a pound a month to air loss thats ina new tire.

Sam's Club has tires priced very competetively. I always get my tires there but am not sure about customer service after the fact....
I can attest that Sam's cannot be beat on service on tires after the sale---at least the Sams in Midwest City.