The Discount Tire in Bellingham is pretty close and very easy to deal with.

On 8/15/07, Thomas Pfrommer <pfrommer@phas.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> Hm Thats interesting.
> I have to replace my tires rather sooner than later and read all tire
> threads in the past weeks with great interest (sorry Benny I really did
> ;-)). I also thought about the Bus Depot Hankook ones, but taking them
> to Canadian Tire and having them put on my rims might be quite expensive
> compared to in store sale ones ....
> Hm is there a Canadian Discount Tire possibility with Hankook RA08s or
> similar performance tires that do everything at once?
>
> Thanks
> Thomas
>
> Loren Busch wrote:
> > Just a heads up.  For those of you that have been thinking about putting
> > Nokian tires on your rig, like the Hakapllita CS, the Nokian warehouse
> in
> > Colorado says it has a bunch in stock right now.  I point this out
> because
> > when I was looking for that tire last December there were none available
> in
> > North America, entire yearly allotment sold out.  I got the 185R14s,
> don't
> > know about other sizes.
> > BTW, Discount Tire (local) beat any of the online dealers and another
> local
> > dealer by better than $20 a tire on the Nokians.  And their quote on
> Hankook
> > RA08s beat what it would have cost to order online, ship, and have
> mounted.
> > Plus ordering through them provides their free rotation and repair
> service
> > plus the extended road hazard warranty is avialble, not available if you
> > just bring your tires to them to mount. And the prices included sales
> tax
> > and local recycle fees.
> >
> >
>

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