tire prices!

[Langwilliams]

People don't think about it, but oil is a primary resource in tires. Manufacturing, materials, transportation; all of it relies on oil. As oil prices increase, so do tire prices.

Back in ~2006 I bought a set of wheels for $90 a piece. Alloy wheels. Now they are all $300+. Its insanity. I know I sound like my dad; [old man voice]"Back in my day"[/old man voice].

A lot of tires are made over seas too so I would assume the high energy prices make shipping them here more expensive too. Add in the crazy demand for shipping good too.

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[9zero1790]

my local discount has only 2 or 3 options in stock for my 4g size tires and all of them are weird brands. a lot of the tires say back order or discontinued. I noticed some brands like radar, thunderer, corsa, auttoro have shown up at discount. i wonder if this is due to not being able to get the "good" brands in popular sizes.

 

[Synfulz]

I went the other day to look for a bigger tire. The shop where I bought my wheels has over 17K tires in stock. All brands and sizes available.

 

[Trigganometry]

Just watch, the thieves will go from catalytics back to tires because the demand is off the charts for the matching sets!

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