> I'm about to possibly deal with Costco for tires for my VW Fox. (they're
> having a $60 off on purchase of 4 Michelins.)
>
> I might just need two tires, I'll have to take a look. If I do need only
> two--which of course are the front two--Costco will only mount two new tires
> on
> the rear axle no matter if it's a 2WD or 4WD.

I think you have misinterpreted their policy? I believe that applies to
studded tires only???

> So this means I would have to
> "rotate" the bad tires to the rear axel, bring it to Costco, have them mount
> two new rear tires, get it home and "rotate" the new tires to the  front axle
> where I want the newer tires and put the old ones back on the  rear..."company
> policy."
>
> Honestly I don't know what we'd do if we didn't have big corporations to do
> the thinking for us.

My personal Costco is very easy to work with.  I took a trailer tire to them
to mount, not even their tire, they charged moi $5-6 whereas Firestone
wanted $20. I took my Costco installed Michelins to them to change the tires
onto my new alloys-$25+- to mount/balance/valve stems/etc all 4, Place the
steel rims in plastic bags & load them into the westy-also watched the
manager verify the torque on all 4 wheels when the tech was done.

FWIW,

Tom-love those twice a year $60 off Michelin sales at Costco.