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Old 12-30-2010, 06:23 PM
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And for the one person who gets caught (assuming your doing that to not pay the duties and taxes crossing the border) its a long walk home and a lot of money and lawyers to get your car back lol
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And for the one person who gets caught (assuming your doing that to not pay the duties and taxes crossing the border) its a long walk home and a lot of money and lawyers to get your car back lol

No need to do that...even paying the tax etc they are 40% less around here

I can buy wholesale here and they are often still more expensive. Canadian tire retailers have poor competition..and small market..so they tend to gouge

Last 2 sets they didn't even charge me the tax (no duty).....
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I can do that also, but alot/most of the tires that are on discount are old models or just old 4-5yrs. I bought a set from belle tire in the summer and they are absolutely toasted, actually I blew the rear tires doing some figure 8's in the abandoned parking lot near my house. They didn't even last me a 8 mnths and I believe that's because of the age. + you cannot get premium ones for 40% lower.
But who knows? let's see some prices.
I don't worry about no stinkin' duties either.
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You think Tire Rack and Discount tire have old tires They have trouble keeping most in stock
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No, I know the highly discounted 19" runflats that I bought were old, + I needed a discontinued dunlop graspic and discount was the only one that had some in stock.
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
I can do that also, but alot/most of the tires that are on discount are old models or just old 4-5yrs. I bought a set from belle tire in the summer and they are absolutely toasted, actually I blew the rear tires doing some figure 8's in the abandoned parking lot near my house. They didn't even last me a 8 mnths and I believe that's because of the age. + you cannot get premium ones for 40% lower.
But who knows? let's see some prices.
I don't worry about no stinkin' duties either.
Depends on what you're looking for. It being winter, you can look into getting tires that are on the verge of being released, either a new style or a redesign. Car manufacturers or suppliers will sell those tires cheaper to get them out therel it's hard to sell a tires when there's no reviews or no one had any experience with them. I didn't know this but happen to of gotten my Geolandar I/T's that way, I was shopping early for winter tires and they were just coming out with their redesign and there was absolutely no reviews on that tire. I had to go by information on the tires specs and compound, and look at the tread design by pictures. I've been on those tires for 3 years now and they've performed great, but I hate tire shopping; you don't know if you'll like them or not unless you've bought them and put miles on them.
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I have some indication about where our pricing will be on the 225/45YR18 and 245/40YR18 Michelin Super Sports:

225/45YR18 will be between $250.00 and $265.00 per tire depending on quantity
245/40YR18 " " " $290.00 and $310.00 " " " " "
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Originally Posted by dannobre
No need to do that...even paying the tax etc they are 40% less around here

I can buy wholesale here and they are often still more expensive. Canadian tire retailers have poor competition..and small market..so they tend to gouge

Last 2 sets they didn't even charge me the tax (no duty).....
I also just heard the Canadian tire pricing is set to drop in the new year to be more competitve with the American pricing...........
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Al,

Does Woodbine Scion have the ability to mount/dismount 18" aftermarket wheels without scratching?
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I bought the same equipment that I had at Scarboro Mazda so YES WE CAN lol! We have the Hunter no touch wheel/tire mounting machine and the Hunter Road Force balancer.

A few of you have used us for service, but for the rest of you I have 3 techs here that are total car enthusiasts, they work on and build performance cars and my shop foreman is a Rotary maniac. We have the same or better connections for aftermarket parts and we can do performance alignments and all the things we did at Scarboro for the same money as you were paying there. I realize that we are Toyota in name but your still better to have someone who really loves what they are doing workig on your car rather than someone who has "its just another car" attitude.

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Al, nice to see you are still supporting our community.
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Thanks Al, because I'm planning on bringing in my brand new Wedsport rims in spring 2011 to be mounted at your dealership with the coupon that I won!
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Originally Posted by DarkBrew
Al, nice to see you are still supporting our community.
Just because I dont post all that much or run a Mazda dosnt mean I wouldnt support you guys anyway I could. This club was one of my mail supporters in my Mazda days and I will not forget that!

btw.............HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
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Al, FT86...FT86....FT86!

Happy New Year too...you never call me now T_T
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Just tell me when! lol
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hey guys if you all need tires I may be able to help, my good friend owns the mazda dealer up in Ottawa, and gives me 10% over cost on parst., Im sure if i can fill at least 10 orders or more, he would be willing to pass on the same savings to everyone. If interested leave your name and tire type and sizes. and I will do my best
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With all this talk, you guys missed the $59 Falken Azenis RT615 sale. http://www.vulcantire.com/azenis_rt6...zes_and_prices
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sign me up..just no oems....they are slicks from the factory
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I'd be up for a group buy, but I don't think any Canadian shops can come close to tirerack.com, where I planned on ordering from in the spring
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Let me know when you plan on making the purchase:

1. Leesha
2. Neo
3. Footman
4. Chad
5. Nath
6. RX8 Spidey
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1. Leesha
2. Neo
3. Chad
4. Nath
5. RX8 Spidey

Removed myself from the list. Just bought some brand new rims and went with Dunlop Direzza's for price/performance ratio!
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I see you couldn't wait to pick those rims up, huh Footman?

I hope you'll have some pics of them on soon... lol
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I'm not going to buy tires for a while, but I really like the Bridgestone RE-760's as described by Tire Rack. What sets them apart from the other ultra-performance summer tires is that they are assymetrical, that is, they can be rotated L/R as well as F/R. Most of the uni-directional tires I've had got really really noisy with wear, and in as little as 10,000 miles. $158each isn't too bad either.
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Neo,

Wedsport is going to raise prices by 10% in February. Combine that with our current 1:1 exchange rate, I just can't pass up on the deal... I should get them in early March. I'll take pics and install them in spring. Will also need to do an alignment too.


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