Craigslist SCORE!

[URY914]

I was needing front tires for by daily driver Ford F-150. My toe-in was out of spec so the outer edge of the tires were wearing premature. I priced them on-line (Tire Rack, etc) and a few local places. Then I thought why not try craigslist as people upgrade their trucks with larger tires all the time, maybe I would get lucky and get the left overs.

Well as luck would have it, I scored big time. Four tires with 5,000 miles (who knows for sure) still mounted on the same factory wheels as my truck for $300.00. I emailed him and offered $275 and he accepted. These tires new are $159.00 on-line plus shipping and mount/balance/disposal/tax. I figure a total for four would be $800+ or so. If I sell off my two good tires and scrap my existing wheels I could get back about $75. I thinking I could net out paying $200 for a $800 tire package.

Color me happy ..............




Sitting pretty on new shoes ........

[aigel]

Not to pee in your cornflakes, but did you check the date codes on the tires to make sure they aren't old?

Cheers,

G

[Embraer]

for $275, id be happy with a visual inspection. he's not running the truck at bonneville

[Christien]

Good score. Used tires are absolutely the way to go, IME. 75% of life for 50% of the price.

[porsche4life]

That's what we usually do on our trucks. You'd be amazed how many idiots buy a new dodge with factory alloys, and Michelin tires and are willing to let go of the set for 5 bills.

[azasadny]

Good deal!!!

[EarlyPorsche]

I wish I could find a set of 235-85-16 E-loads cheap. Its always nice when your size is used on a ton of vehicles...not in my case.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by aigel

Not to pee in your cornflakes, but did you check the date codes on the tires to make sure they aren't old?

Cheers,

G

Tires came off a truck newer than mine. My corn flakes remain dry.

[Racerbvd]

I found new in the box Hummer H2 rims (the guy hated the chrome rims on his H2, ordered these, but traded the H2 on an old Vett before mounting) for $100, and the guy was only a few miles from my house.. How could I go wrong, just add rubber..

[aigel]

Originally Posted by URY914

Tires came off a truck newer than mine. My corn flakes remain dry.

LOL! That's good - I would be scared to drive a high center of gravity vehicle at highway speeds on anything that's older than 5-6 years.

G

[onewhippedpuppy]

I've bought many tires on Craigslist, there's lots of deals to be had with some searching.

[speeder]

This is one item that is really prevalent on CL. I've had good luck buying and selling tires but sellers definitely lie about date codes and condition of tires sometimes.

[wreckersteve]

I upgraded my Jeep with 3000 miles on it. Had a hard time selling the stock ones. Waited till a snow storm was predicted and they sold in 15 minutes. Guy came @ 10:00 pm to get them.

[Racerbvd]

I found a set of wheels for a Buddy'd Disco on CL, $300, turned out to not only but the style he wished his Disco had, but very good tires that were only a year old (as it turned out, he was about to order new tires the week I sent him the link)

[Embraer]

when i had my E30...i picked up a set of steel wheels with blizzaks for winter driving. cost me $150 for the set. tires are definitely a good find on CL

[kaisen]

I sell tons of tires on CL.... never bought any though.

Cars with mis-matched tires, or cheap-brand tires, or feathered tires but deep tread..... I always just put a set of four new tires on. I can always sell the tires, fully disclosed, for a disproportionate amount of money. Some people have $200 for a set of used 75% tires, but not $300 for brand new ones.

Because I have wholesale accounts and substantial discounts, by the time things are done it costs me $150-250 to have four brand-new name-brand mounted and balanced tires to replace the cheapo off-brand mismatched 50-75% tires that were on there. I feel I recoup my money selling the car, but that's hard to know for sure.

I would never buy a used set of tires unless they were true new car take-offs. Wheels are a completely different story.

[Laneco]

When we had our JK Wrangler, we bought the "X" with the base wheel/tires. The tires the X came with are absolutely a joke on a 4x4. But alot of people will buy a brand new Jeep, take it to the tires store and buy a whole new set of bigger/badder wheels/tires. Even the dealers do this. Kept an eye out at the local tire shops and Craigslist. Sure enough a set of brand new, less than 20 miles, set of Rubicon wheels/tires came through. Picked them up for a couple of hundred dollars.

The warning about the date codes is important. In our case, they were the new factory set so no worries there.

angela

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I've bought many tires on Craigslist, there's lots of deals to be had with some searching.

Same here, just scored two semi-trailer tires on C-L for $50 each. Good Bridgestones that were well worth three times that price.

[motion]

Nice! I've done the exact same thing a few times for my F150s. I re-sell the steel wheels cheap and keep the tires. I tried it again a couple months ago, but each time I looked at used tires, people were lying about the condition. The final straw was a 22 year old girl who told me that the tires were new because they were shiny and she only drives a few miles a day to school, so how could they not be new? They had about 1/32" tread remaining on them and I drove an hour and a half round trip to see them. I said screw it and bought new from my local tire guy. He sells for the same price as Tire Rack.

[speeder]

Richard, that sucks. You should have kicked her in the nuts.