I went to a tire shop (Town Fair Tire) to order 2 General Altimax Artics. He writes up 4. I told him I only wanted 2. "No, no, sir, we can't do that!" I asked him if he was going sell 2 or not and he said no, mentioning that "It's in the owner's manual." It may be, but on-line retailers allow twosies. I walked out the door as he was finishing his sentence.
I know ideally 4 snow tires would be best. I also know ideally I'd be thin, rich, live in a mansion and have a super model wife. The point being you do what you can with what you got. Also, back in the 70s, everyone bought snows for the rear axle and we somehow learned how to drive and survive.
Has anyone else encountered this? If I hadn't stormed out I am now thinking that maybe they would have sold them unmounted (and then had my regular mechanic mount them for me).
They are for a 2005 Nissan Frontier, 2WD. It has only 13,000 miles and that is why I don't want to replace all 4. In the meantime I'll be slip-sliding through another winter.
I know ideally 4 snow tires would be best. I also know ideally I'd be thin, rich, live in a mansion and have a super model wife. The point being you do what you can with what you got. Also, back in the 70s, everyone bought snows for the rear axle and we somehow learned how to drive and survive.
Has anyone else encountered this? If I hadn't stormed out I am now thinking that maybe they would have sold them unmounted (and then had my regular mechanic mount them for me).
They are for a 2005 Nissan Frontier, 2WD. It has only 13,000 miles and that is why I don't want to replace all 4. In the meantime I'll be slip-sliding through another winter.