2005 Mercury Mariner
Time to replace 235-70-16 tires. This car is our around town grocery getter, short commuter for wife, move sofa to kid's house vehicle.
Need good basic tires, dealer has General Grabbers HTS raised OWL for $79.99. Black walls are $96.99. Haven't had to deal with a choice in many years. Wife does not want to advertise for General. Asked dealer why the big difference, black walls should be less. "It's how we buy them." Looked at the other side of the white walls and they were just as you would expect; they weren't the "other side", they had General Grabber just like a black wall would.
Told the dealer I'll take the cheaper white walls and mount w/w inside. I'm sure if I had asked for black walls, I would have received the same tires but paid $68 more for the set.
Rant over.
Time to replace 235-70-16 tires. This car is our around town grocery getter, short commuter for wife, move sofa to kid's house vehicle.
Need good basic tires, dealer has General Grabbers HTS raised OWL for $79.99. Black walls are $96.99. Haven't had to deal with a choice in many years. Wife does not want to advertise for General. Asked dealer why the big difference, black walls should be less. "It's how we buy them." Looked at the other side of the white walls and they were just as you would expect; they weren't the "other side", they had General Grabber just like a black wall would.
Told the dealer I'll take the cheaper white walls and mount w/w inside. I'm sure if I had asked for black walls, I would have received the same tires but paid $68 more for the set.
Rant over.