Mike
Radford,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sun, February 09, 2003
I've had similar bad experiences at the Wal-Mart garage (tires out of balance, one tire mounted white side out, other one black side out). It appears that they simply don't care. I don't recommend them for anyone. If you find Wal-Mart has the best price on the tires you want, for 50 cents extra per tire you can buy them outright and take them to your favorite mechanic for installation. Most garages have tire-changing equipment even if they don't specifically sell tires, of course you should check first and see how much they'll charge. Also you may have trouble making a warranty claim in this situation. I haven't had any trouble with tires other than getting nails in them or just wearing them out, so the warranty isn't a big concern to me. Tire factories aren't going to make bad tires specifically for Wal-Mart because they sell a lot of them to WM and wouldn't want to get on their bad side.