Thanks; good to know it's doable if I went TR route and shipped to home.
NOW the problem is: wifey is so used to going to the dealer and getting EVERYTHING done incl tire rotations during oil changes, etc at ONE place, she's a bit whiny about having to make a trip to some new place which would be an EXTRA trip to just have tires rotated, etc.(she's not spoiled, she drives a long way to work, and works a lot, so a trip like that CAN be kinda pita with her schedule, esp if it's out of the way)
( I guess she doesn't HAVE to get them balanced and rotated at the tire installer...she can just have the dealer do it during OC, right ?? they just have to be advised that they're directional, etc...but then i guess we lose the FREE rotation/balance the tire place would offer!!! that's a bummmer, too ...)
this is gonna need some brain work and some compromising !!!
i guess ALL problems are solved if I just went with dealer's HK16 Kumhos...but I want want want something better/new/different/cool ...(yeah it's me, wifey doesn't care) oh AND the dealer would NOT install 205/60/15s !! (oem is 195....)
WWYGD?
OK i thought of another route:
what if get the tires from TR, and somehow convince/beg the dealer to put them on, (while reminding them that the car is NOT under warranty anymore, so the 205 wouldn't matter!!), and have them rotate like usual...? They shouldn't care that the tires are not from them or that it's a different size from oem when the car is not under warranty, right??