so i went to order a pair of 195-60-14 falken azenis yesterday, and guess what? nobody has them. fawkin annoying, i told you guys to stop sweatin these tires so much, now every sum-bitch done bought em up!

so, does anybody have a set of 195's lying around that they could sell, new or used?

nate-who thinks message boards are the best, and worst, places to advertise

 

dagnabbit

 

I got a set locally -- Radial Tire in Silver Spring, MD -- two weeks ago w/o any problems. Damb tall *** tires...

 

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How does Radial Tire's prices compare to the online vendors?
If they are in the same ballpark I will definately support local vendors.

 

At the moment, tires.com shows "good" availability from their Ohio shipping facility. Out of stock at the other three. Their price is $51 each, free shipping.

 

What he said.

Do you have Discount tire stores near you? When I got mine last year from them, they only took 2-3 days to order them to the store. I talked em down on the price too. I hope the website is correct, because I really need at least two tires within 1k miles.

:Edit: He beat me to it.

 

$303 on the car and out the door.

By my math: $50/tire + shipping + getting raped for mounting and balancing tires you bought elsewhere + hassle of fitting four tires in a car that can't fit four bags of groceries &gt; $303.

 

ok, yesterday, discounttiredirect had only a couple 195 tires in stock in their nevada warehouse and the 205's were $71/ea. today, nothing in nevada, "good" stock in OH and the 205's are $73/ea. yee haw. got mine ordered, now will you people please start bad mouthing the azenis?

nate

 

Falken Azenis SUCK, worst tire EVER! You think that helped? Nah...

Adam --&gt; who bought his falkens from Victor back in March, still lovin-er, HATING them...

 

yeah, falken azenis blow up and disitergrate off your wheels at any speed above 30mph. v-speed rating? yeah right. what a joke.

nate

 

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I think going forward, or untill something better can cheaper is made, need to order tires 2 months in advance of needing them. This happened last year in March/April when word started to spread like wildfire about these new tires. Now mid-season everyones looking for replacements.

So either buy off season, which I will a month after SCCA nationals to Jan 2003, or just plan on waiting 1-2 months for them.

 

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By my math: $50/tire + shipping + getting raped for mounting and balancing tires you bought elsewhere + hassle of fitting four tires in a car that can't fit four bags of groceries &gt; $303.</TD></TR></TABLE>

By my math: $51/tire + $0 shipping + $40 mount and balance at the shop I go to = $244 &lt; $303.

Works for me. Girlfriend's got an SUV, which isn't good for much but is good for carrying tires. Your mileage may vary.

 

What's next on the list of cheap goodness after the Azenis? Yokohama Parada Spec 2, yo! Heh heh *sigh*

 

I've got several sets rotting away in my garage and I will not ever use them, and you cannot have them! naa naa naaaa na na na.

OH yeah and they do SUCK. Totally not worth the money... but seriously they are really tall tires, more like a 195-65-14 or something?? heh.



Rot! Rot! Rot!


Modified by Vanilla Ic3 at 6:03 AM 6/14/2003

 

Despite showing "good" availability in Ohio, tires.com just sent me a backorder notice on 195/60R14 Azenis.

Any other suggestions on where to get them? I called one local shop I've dealt with, but he couldn't (or wouldn't) confirm that they were actually available since he has to order them, too.

 

probably already sold them out and hadn't updated the website yet. i haven't received a notice that mine are on backorder, so it may have been i got lucky. i know a lot of resellers are hoarding the tires in hopes to jack the prices when the supply does run out, so what tires.com had in stock probably went damn quick. ah, when will the new compound reach our shores????

nate

 

damn effin mfs stupid (&%^ jerks. so, i ordered my tires, but i don't get a order confirmation. no biggy, i call them up. turns out, they never had them. error on the website. they claim they don't even see an order coming in from me. nice. i just sent my credit card information off into world wide waste. a bit of advice for webmasters (and a little venting)

YOUR STUPID *** WEBSITE IS WORTHLESS TO ME AS A CONSUMER IF THE INFORMATION IS NOT ACCURATE AND UPDATED. WE ARE ALL HUMANS, BUT IF YOU FUGG UP, LET YOUR CUSTOMER KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scott could write a better lament then i. i'll just have to stick to useless bitching in whining. actually, i should better use my time trying to find some tires else-where. or maybe a 6" wheel with a +45et.

nate-very freakin annoyed with this chit! send some tires across the pond already!!

 

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OH yeah and they do SUCK. Totally not worth the money... but seriously they are really tall tires, more like a 195-65-14 or something?? heh.



Rot! Rot! Rot!


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you ***, spread the wealth!!

 

i gust picked up 2 new azenis (yes, im that cheap ) from the http://www.dgtrials.com store. i dont know where they get theres from, but they didnt have trouble getting them and seemed unaffected by the national backorder.
-spenc

 

I found several local places, including Sears and Tire Kingdom, that claimed to be able to get them (I'm looking for 195/60R14). I went with TK since they were a little cheaper. They're a special order which won't come in for a few days, so we'll see if I actually get them.

I also found a place in Cali (superbuytires if I recall) that said they had them in stock, but they were such a pain to deal with over the phone when it came time to pay that I decided to get 'em locally if possible.

It seem like the big places that everybody normally gets them from are out, but the smaller, less popular places still have 'em.