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I do not know, but I would expect you get ore for your moeny at Costco. Also you cna research tire performance on Tire Rack. You will need to know who makes the tires Walmart sells and whether they make extra cheap versions just for Walmart (some companies supposedly do for other products)
You've brought up an issue that seems to rarely be discussed by anyone. Now I'm not mentioning any names of retailers or manufacturers, because this is a general thing that might apply to many different companies. But if a large retailer sells enough products, they may be able to order special production runs just for themselves, from manufacturers. The products might be made cheaper by using lower-grade materials and applying less quality-control to them. They would appear to be the same as are sold by other stores, but would not be as good.
There's many products that have a need to be top-grade, that I would never buy from any of the retail giants. And I never buy store brands or "house brands" of anything, for the same reason, unless it's something like toilet paper or thumbtacks.
You can get some sketchy no name tires from China cheap....but I would also emphasize the used well reviewed name brand route over that.
Agreed about Chinese products distributed in the US...that's a nation that even skimps on friggin food safety...illegal toxic fillers ect. Certainly wouldn't trust them to manufacture quality tires!
CALL around to the bigger places like Discount Tire, NTB, ect and ask if they have any specials going on in the size you need. Maybe I've just been lucky but with the bloody exception of my Solara which took an odd size, I've always found good buy 3 get 1 free deals on safe and effective name brand tires. I think they may be more likely to offer you a deal if you call because they will know you are price shopping. You don't want to be driving around in the snow and ice on bald tires.
I purchased my current ties at Walmart -- first tires I've ever bought from Walmart. They weren't cheap, but Walmart was by far the cheapest place I could fine the particular tire I wanted (Pirelli P4). I'll probably be pricing winter tires there in the next couple weeks.
As a few on here have suggested, I shopped on the web to decide which tire I wanted. From there it was easy to price compare, and Walmart was VERY competitive with their pricing. I ordered at the local store but had to wait a couple days for them to arrive....
If I were in OP’s situation, I’d probably buy Douglas brand from Wal-Mart or whatever is cheap. Yes, your kicking the can down the road but your doing so by years and not months. Hopefully then you’ll be in a better spot money-wise. Just my .02.
So after months, I finally have enough to pay my cars deductible and get it fixed. It's covering an alignment and balancing, but only one tire and I do need all four replaced cause the fronts are bald and the backs are quickly following. So will some basic Wal-Mart tires do for the time being until I can afford some good ones? It might be most of the winter too, as the holidays are coming up and that'll be when I have tons of money to spend from my holiday pay and OT. But that won't be until January due to timing.
Trust me, I'd get great tires considering this is my first time driving in winter (and I already flew into a ditch ffs) BUT I can't afford them now and I'm a bit paranoid to wait.
I got sentury tires for 55 a piece from discount tire. that was the cheapest available and should work fine.
Yes. in Mpls, get winter snow tires with studs now, even cheap ones. Then in summer, spring for some good all-seasons instead, like Goodyear or Michelin.
I second what poster TrapperL said about Discount Tire. Their "Arizonian" house brand is a pretty good tire (I usually use Michelins, costing nearly twice as much). Arizonians are quiet and grip well. I haven't tried them on snow.
I'm in San Diego now, and snow is something you travel to see. But I lived in Mpls for five years, and up in the Colorado mountains for even longer. Studded tires did me well in Mpls. Goodyear was a good brand too, as well as Michelin.
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