Heads Up Costco doing 20% off 4 Michellin

[Welshbeef]

Starts tomorrow until 1/7/2012.

Notable saving as usual prices are very keen and fully inclusive of all fitting costs plus NOX

Note I have no involvement in anyway with Costco apart from being a consumer I am certainly not advertising for them just highlighting a special offer to fellow petrol heads.

Max you can buy is 8 tyres


Hope it saves people some wedge


I only every buy my tyres from Costco and only when on deal just don't think I need new rubber just yet I can last until the November /December deal

[GWMD]

Just given them a call (Reading branch to be exact) for a price on a set of Pilot Sport 2's (Runflats)

225/40/18
255/35/18

£1192 all in
£954.20 with the 20% off applied.

I'm not quite down to needing replacements yet, but thought it'd give a few people some idea of price.

[StottyZr]

GWMD said:

Just given them a call (Reading branch to be exact) for a price on a set of Pilot Sport 2's (Runflats)

225/40/18
255/35/18

£1192 all in
£954.20 with the 20% off applied.

I'm not quite down to needing replacements yet, but thought it'd give a few people some idea of price.

I'm looking for a full set in that exact size. I think I'll just stick with Falken 452's, full set will set me back £420 at full price

[BoostMonkey]

Could some one find out for me how much the Pilot Supersports cost in:

235/35/19
or
245/35/19

Please

[Welshbeef]

BoostMonkey said:

Could some one find out for me how much the Pilot Supersports cost in:

235/35/19
or
245/35/19

Please

You could call them directly and ask yourself. Number is on the website just ask for tyre department.
I would look but I'm not going in for a while

[GWMD]

StottyZr said:

I'm looking for a full set in that exact size. I think I'll just stick with Falken 452's, full set will set me back £420 at full price

Yup, FK452's will be going on, I was just curious as to how much it would cost to replace the Pilot Sport 2's that came with the car.

It's my second E9x so I'm well aware of switching from the runflats, and I've run Falkens for many years on all sorts.

[GWMD]

Oh meant to add, whilst I was on to Costco I meant to get some prices on a normal set (non runflat) in the same sizing, but I had to pick up another line. If I get chance/someone hasn't already beaten me to it tomorrow I'll drop them a line.

[Welshbeef]

GWMD said:

Yup, FK452's will be going on, I was just curious as to how much it would cost to replace the Pilot Sport 2's that came with the car.

It's my second E9x so I'm well aware of switching from the runflats, and I've run Falkens for many years on all sorts.

Can you share how many miles Falkens have lasted you in the past.
Also what is the stopping distance in wet and dry v Michellin and the lateral grip both wet and dry they offer.

End of the day they are inferior tyres in longevity so could be similar total cost plus the safety aspect and performance aspect of the product.

[New POD]

I need 4 off 205/55 16 V in the next few weeks, and priced up costco at £329, mini 20%.

Which is a fk load of money. Now I've priced up other decent tyres, and cheapo budget, and I can get Mitchelins Elsewhere for similar money, so I'm wondering what value I get for my membership ?

I can get Budgets from £160 but decent brands I would trust are in the mid £200's (210 to 270) and I'm all for long term savings if they last longer, but have no proof, that helps me out.

[Welshbeef]

New POD said:

I need 4 off 205/55 16 V in the next few weeks, and priced up costco at £329, mini 20%.

Which is a fk load of money. Now I've priced up other decent tyres, and cheapo budget, and I can get Mitchelins Elsewhere for similar money, so I'm wondering what value I get for my membership ?

I can get Budgets from £160 but decent brands I would trust are in the mid £200's (210 to 270) and I'm all for long term savings if they last longer, but have no proof, that helps me out.

Is that £329 with 20% discount or not?
The other prices you have is that total cost? Disposal Nitrogen Oxide values balancing? If not then the gap is bigger.
Us of course exec membership gives you 2% back so that's another £6off.
Always do exec membership at worst case we cover the additional fee of that membership at best we have had a very nice kickback due to our spending during the previous year.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Off at a tangent - can I just walk into my local Costco & join? I am one of the professions that can get a card apparently, but do I just take a payslip and sign up there and then, or does it have to be done in advance.

Alternatively, any kind PHer planning on going to CostCo in Croydon in the next couple of days fancy picking something up for me?

[GWMD]

Welshbeef said:

Can you share how many miles Falkens have lasted you in the past.
Also what is the stopping distance in wet and dry v Michellin and the lateral grip both wet and dry they offer.

End of the day they are inferior tyres in longevity so could be similar total cost plus the safety aspect and performance aspect of the product.

On the dailies (E39 530d Sport, VX Omega 3.0 MV6, Mondeo ST220) from memory it was around the 25k possibly 30k mark for mileage, so around the same as the Michellins.
Grip wise, well I had no complaints going round Llandow, and Anglesey so grip wasn't an issue, likewise stopping distance was fine.

For the price point they are hard to be beaten.

[Welshbeef]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Off at a tangent - can I just walk into my local Costco & join? I am one of the professions that can get a card apparently, but do I just take a payslip and sign up there and then, or does it have to be done in advance.

Alternatively, any kind PHer planning on going to CostCo in Croydon in the next couple of days fancy picking something up for me?

Take proof of who you are and your employment with you (council tax or utility bill take passport or driving licence to be on the safe side)

[GWMD]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Off at a tangent - can I just walk into my local Costco & join? I am one of the professions that can get a card apparently, but do I just take a payslip and sign up there and then, or does it have to be done in advance.

Alternatively, any kind PHer planning on going to CostCo in Croydon in the next couple of days fancy picking something up for me?

Yup, if you qualify you can sign up in store (well warehouse but you know what I mean!)

You can find a copy of the application form on their website, I just printed off a copy, filled it in, as well as bringing along the required documentation, and paid for my membership. Your membership card is done on the spot. Took about 15 mins in total.

[New POD]

Welshbeef said:

New POD said:

I need 4 off 205/55 16 V in the next few weeks, and priced up costco at £329, mini 20%.

Which is a fk load of money. Now I've priced up other decent tyres, and cheapo budget, and I can get Mitchelins Elsewhere for similar money, so I'm wondering what value I get for my membership ?

I can get Budgets from £160 but decent brands I would trust are in the mid £200's (210 to 270) and I'm all for long term savings if they last longer, but have no proof, that helps me out.

Is that £329 with 20% discount or not?
The other prices you have is that total cost? Disposal Nitrogen Oxide values balancing? If not then the gap is bigger.
Us of course exec membership gives you 2% back so that's another £6off.
Always do exec membership at worst case we cover the additional fee of that membership at best we have had a very nice kickback due to our spending during the previous year.

It's a smingen under £300 is it not? The other prices include fitting and balancing, but actually the main issue I had with Costco, was quite minor, in that they only take one type of credit card, and until I pay myself next week I don't have £300 to play with (without dipping into savings)

I was shocked cause the last tyres I bought were 145/70/12, for a mini from mytyres and they were very cheap in comparison.

Oh yes I've remembered. If they don't do a mitchelin in your size, then costco will fit new tyres for £8 each. Which IS a bargain these days. Must get some 195/60/14's for the cavalier soon too, and they don't do that size.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Linky? Can only find the online app form

[Welshbeef]

New POD said:

It's a smingen under £300 is it not? The other prices include fitting and balancing, but actually the main issue I had with Costco, was quite minor, in that they only take one type of credit card, and until I pay myself next week I don't have £300 to play with (without dipping into savings)

I was shocked cause the last tyres I bought were 145/70/12, for a mini from mytyres and they were very cheap in comparison.

Oh yes I've remembered. If they don't do a mitchelin in your size, then costco will fit new tyres for £8 each. Which IS a bargain these days. Must get some 195/60/14's for the cavalier soon too, and they don't do that size.

Tyres do have a link to oil price changes.
I recall buying one set of Exalto 2's michellibg 205/55/r16 for £65 each from Costco at the deal time.

[GWMD]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Linky? Can only find the online app form

Oh... It appears they've changed their site! You used to be able to print off a copy.

Should still be fine to do it all on site. Give them a call in the morning and you'll get a definite answer on what the score is.

[Deva Link]

GWMD said:

I'm not quite down to needing replacements yet, but thought it'd give a few people some idea of price.

If you've got somewhere to store them you can buy now and get them fitted later.

Do watch the prices though - they used to be cheaper all the time and then the discount made them amazingly cheap. Now they're quite dear at normal prices and not always cheaper even with discount, and you have to buy 4 to get the discount now whoch means some people are probably changing 2 of the tyres before they need to.

On one of the Merc forums a member the other day found eTyres cheaper even after the discount and they'll come round to your house or work an fit them.
Obviously this is comparing like for like Michelin tyres - if you're not bothered about using Michelin then almost anything else will be cheaper.

Of course if you g to Costco you'll spend £200 on crap that you never knew you needed so that rather kills almost any discount.

Oh, and they fill the tyres with Nitrogen (N) not nitrous oxide (N20).

[BoostMonkey]

Welshbeef said:

You could call them directly and ask yourself. Number is on the website just ask for tyre department.
I would look but I'm not going in for a while

I was not sure if you could ring up and ask if you were a non-member?