Replacing a tire on your sypder, Consider "Kumho"

[Buffalosoldier007]

Hello fellow Spyder rider's, after months of study i replaced my original Kenda tire on my 2014 Can-am rt. #1 , I got 12,000 on the original but for a dealer cost of $189. I felt with the research done by my fellow spyder rider owners i wanted to try something else called a Kumho 225-50-R15,
however the best price came from Discount Tire.com at $81.00. Well get ready for what follows,..Called them and customer service said i needed a model vehicle so i said okay "2010 Cobalt, He said no it can't fit so he can't sell it..I hung up defeated..
Next I used the internet for Discount tire and it called for a vehicle. I entered a Cobalt again and it got accepted., However the next day Customer service called and they rejected that order so I called them back and I said that I am a race car fabricator and I know what tire I need and thanks for great customer service,.. but just send me the tire..
It arrived two days later by UPS..I called my local Sypder dealer and for $99.00 they installed the tire with no questions..
Final statement,..the tire rides fantastic..A much steadier feeling, it feels better on the highway and it feels better to the passenger...Any questions..okay, I feel great and the tire looks and feel great..any questions not for me I won, not the dealer, or another kenda tire...Happy riding.....I am.

 

[Bob Denman]

:congrats: on working your way around Discount Tire's roadblocks to success! :clap:

 

[Chupaca]

There you go...!!

but not easy and only that tire has such issues...:dontknow: be interesting to know what happened for this tire to get this rep....

 

[kbwitt]

Dealers here will only install factory tires. Your lucky.

 

[PMK]

but not easy and only that tire has such issues...:dontknow: be interesting to know what happened for this tire to get this rep....

Honesty and Liability...

When asked, Spyder owners told the truth and offered too much info.

Discount Tire does not want the documented liability of selling a car tire for a moto application.

Whether BRP got involved and cautioned them or not has been discussed before, and I believe one of the members here is friends with the owner of Discount Tire.

Discount Tire has done the correct thing to cover the liability. Installing the tire on a vehicle other than what you specify makes it the Spyder owners problem if something happens.

 

[Chupaca]

Honesty and Liability...

When asked, Spyder owners told the truth and offered too much info.

Discount Tire does not want the documented liability of selling a car tire for a moto application.

Whether BRP got involved and cautioned them or not has been discussed before, and I believe one of the members here is friends with the owner of Discount Tire.

Discount Tire has done the correct thing to cover the liability. Installing the tire on a vehicle other than what you specify makes it the Spyder owners problem if something happens.

But they will sell you other brands no questions asked...now if they sell you the tire but don't install it what's the liability? Just curious I use kendas and they work well for me...

 

[blacklightning]

I am not sure why everyone is having such a hard time. I called my local discount tire and ordered 2 (one for me, and one for a friend). I told them what I was ordering for, and they had no problem (it probably helped that I had just purchased a set for my wife's maxima and my mustang). Once the tire came in, I took it to my dealer and they installed it with no problem. My friend took his to another dealer on the same day and they told him that it would "void his warrenty". They gave him a minimal discount and he installed a kenda. After emaling BRP, they finally got back with him and told him that it did not void the warrenty.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

DISCOUNT TIRE ORDERING !!!!

:yikes:.....I am totally baffled by all the difficulty people are having with this Company and getting Kumho tires...I have ordered them ON-LINE ....and never talked to anyone, and never received a call from them......DO I HAVE A MAGIC PHONE ??????...........use DISCOUNTIRESDIRECT.COM --- see if this works........Mike :thumbup:

 

[PMK]

But they will sell you other brands no questions asked...now if they sell you the tire but don't install it what's the liability? Just curious I use kendas and they work well for me...

As a guess I would say a lot of people called for that tire and it threw up red flags. The lawyers or someone decided keep us out of it.

Similar to a car or plane crash, could be entirely operator error, but the lawyers will go after any company that made a part installed on the machine.

Consider a small plane crash...the engine fails, but the airframe manufacturer becomes involved and liable. Or the wing fails, the engine manufacturer becomes liable.

I do not have an answer. Could be simply how nice the people talk on the phone to the sales people...I really don't know.

PK

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

I had a customer in last week with a 22" cadillac escalade wheel that was bent & cracked & had a previous weld poorly done on it. i told him he
needed to have us fix it all but when i quoted him he asked for us just to do the crack since that is where he leak was coming from. after a little
back & forth i told him we would fix the crack and mount the tire but we would not install on the truck. When i wrote up his invoice:
"CUSTOMER DOES NOT WANT DENTS REPAIRED WELD HAS NO WARRANTY SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLED ON CAR".

This is the world we live in today, it is run by lawyers. this is why i always say kill a million lawyers & it may lower your insurance rates, if not what
do you really lose.

 

[Bob Denman]

As a guess I would say a lot of people called for that tire and it threw up red flags. The lawyers or someone decided keep us out of it.PK

Probably; when you have lots of folks looking for just one tire for their "Mustang"... :sour:

 

[Don in E Texas]

Worked for me as well

:yikes:.....I am totally baffled by all the difficulty people are having with this Company and getting Kumho tires...I have ordered them ON-LINE ....and never talked to anyone, and never received a call from them......DO I HAVE A MAGIC PHONE ??????...........use DISCOUNTIRESDIRECT.COM --- see if this works........Mike :thumbup:

No problem here obtaining the tire on line. Dealer installed for me (as he has done on two past Spyders).


Don

 

[SpyderAnn01]

:yikes:.....I am totally baffled by all the difficulty people are having with this Company and getting Kumho tires...I have ordered them ON-LINE ....and never talked to anyone, and never received a call from them......DO I HAVE A MAGIC PHONE ??????...........use DISCOUNTIRESDIRECT.COM --- see if this works........Mike :thumbup:

That had always been my experience until the last time I ordered I got the phone call the next day, and I was ordering two. They saw that I had ordered many of them in the past and they put the order through.

 

[PMK]

Sometimes people skills or confidence in how you talk with people can go a long way also.

PK

 

[Bob Denman]

Sometimes people skills or confidence in how you talk with people can go a long way also.

:agree: There's a saying:
"If you can sell a plate-full of barbecued ribs, to a woman wearing while gloves; you can talk anybody into anything!" :thumbup:

 

[PMK]

:agree: There's a saying:
"If you can sell a plate-full of barbecued ribs, to a woman wearing while gloves; you can talk anybody into anything!" :thumbup:

Should I be frightened...coming from the mouth of an insurance salesman.:shocked:

My saying, eat the ribs before the fat lady wearing the white gloves decides she wants some, go for the BBQ beans also.

 

[Bob Denman]

Should I be frightened...coming from the mouth of an insurance salesman.:shocked:

It is a skill that is useful in my professional life as well...

 

[PMK]

It is a skill that is useful in my professional life as well...

Boy did I get that wrong, I was expecting you to tell me about the hungry white glove wearing women.

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Wow... :shocked:

 

[PMK]

:shocked: Wow... :shocked:

No white gloves, but me personally, I would grab the food and run. That woman could gnaw my arm off the shoulder.

Just goes to show, make sure the tire you buy is properly rated for the load...

PK