Granted, my data sample here is two sets... but here's what I've experienced.
I've recently bought two sets of Cooper tires through Wal-Mart, because WM had the lowest price out there, and installation at my local store is $15 each. One was a set of Cooper Cobras, and one set of Starfire Solarus tires.
Most folks should be familiar with the Cobra... Cooper has made it for decades now.
The Starfire Solarus is a recently released, low priced, Cooper private label tire with a 50,000 mile warranty... but made in Mississippi, in the good old US of A. I would consider it to be a competitor to any number of the low priced, no-name Chinese tires that are on the market today. I bought these over the Milestar MS775.
Both sets were drop shipped directly to me from Cooper tire warehouses. The Cobras drop shipped out of Frankiln (Indianapolis) Indiana. and the Solarus out of Grand Prairie (Dallas) Texas. The Cobras arrived overnight, and the Solarus arrived in two days.
But were they fresh tires? The Cobras were less than two months old, and the Solarus were less than three months old.
If you're looking for fresh tires, this is an option that has worked for me. Since there's not a middle-man involved, who could let the tires sit for months/years... and these are drop shipping directly from the manufacturer... the odds are apparenly a lot better.
I've recently bought two sets of Cooper tires through Wal-Mart, because WM had the lowest price out there, and installation at my local store is $15 each. One was a set of Cooper Cobras, and one set of Starfire Solarus tires.
Most folks should be familiar with the Cobra... Cooper has made it for decades now.
The Starfire Solarus is a recently released, low priced, Cooper private label tire with a 50,000 mile warranty... but made in Mississippi, in the good old US of A. I would consider it to be a competitor to any number of the low priced, no-name Chinese tires that are on the market today. I bought these over the Milestar MS775.
Both sets were drop shipped directly to me from Cooper tire warehouses. The Cobras drop shipped out of Frankiln (Indianapolis) Indiana. and the Solarus out of Grand Prairie (Dallas) Texas. The Cobras arrived overnight, and the Solarus arrived in two days.
But were they fresh tires? The Cobras were less than two months old, and the Solarus were less than three months old.
If you're looking for fresh tires, this is an option that has worked for me. Since there's not a middle-man involved, who could let the tires sit for months/years... and these are drop shipping directly from the manufacturer... the odds are apparenly a lot better.
