Comparison Shopping for Tires online
We compare prices and selection of tires at 5 different online stores: Costco, Walmart, Sears, Discount Tire & Tire Rack
Comparing tire prices is slightly complicated, and comparing online is extra tough, since it's tough to know exactly what your 'out the door' price is going to be.
What we did was look for a popular tire that was carried at all 5 shops. The Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S tire in the size P215/60R16 with the load and speed rating of 94V fit our need.
Tire |
Costco |
Walmart |
Sears |
Discount Tire |
Tire Rack |
Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S |
$147.99 |
$161 |
$154.81 |
$146 |
$131 |
Shipping |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
$15 |
Installation |
$14 |
Free |
Free |
$16 |
~$15 |
Who has the Best tire selection?
We took 3 different vehicles that are pretty common, and used the tire selectors features to help us pick a tire at each of these 5 websites, and show you how many tires we had to choose from for each vehicle.
Vehicle |
Costco |
Walmart |
Sears |
Discount Tire |
Tire Rack |
Toyota Camry |
3 |
6 |
55 |
44 |
57 |
Dodge Grand Caravan |
0 |
7 |
11 |
5 |
17 |
Ford F150 FX4 |
4 |
3 |
31 |
34 |
39 |
Author Notes:
David Parker contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.buying-tires.com.