I've been going back and forth on to buy next and in my hesitation tire prices are just reaching!!

We talked about Michelin raising prices but clearly everyone got the memo.

 

I blame ripple effect of fuel prices and economy. It costs more to ship in general so maybe the manufacturer's costs went up and those have been passed down to the consumers.

 

You mean you don't make your own tires to save money?

 

I blew close to $400 USD for two Michelin CrossTerrains when I got here a few months ago.

 

Tires and oil go hand in hand. Oil is a major ingredient of tires. Oil goes up so do tires. Someone told me they are going up 20% before they level off

 

+1 its going to keep going up if oil prices go up sigh.

 

Yep! All petroleum based products have been going up.

 

Yep Tire prices are going up little by little =(

 

SO I need to stock up on my vaseline then?

Okay I thought it was just me......I'm peeved I didn't buy and just have them sit until I needed to install them....

When I saw the prices of even the cheap-o brands at $120+ I was like wtf??

 

Mike...why do you need vaseline??? =)

 

From the damn *** raping the tire companies are doing to us.

 

roughly 8 gallons of oil per tire...

 

r u serious?

 

I didn't get the specifics, but that is what a Goodyear rep told us a few years ago when we toured a plant and got to watch tires be made...

 

I haven't noticed a big increase really. If you guys have a specific example I can check the price history. Shipping has gone up a little maybe %10, but I was expecting a larger increase there as well.