Tire quandary
I went to local tire dealer to get 6 new Michelin tires. I asked if they had my size in stock, and yes they had 6 in stock. I asked about DOT date codes, and the salesperson stated that they would all be 2015 codes. Great! I then asked price, and he stated that he would beat the FMCA price by $5/tire. I made an appt for the next day. I go down to get tires installed, stupid me, I checked the date code on the 1st 4 tires, and they are all "1517". All is good. They install all the tires, and after checking the final 2 tires I see date code "1312" and "1314". Uh oh Houston we have a problem! I go inside and tell salesperson, I am not happy. The manager comes out and gives me the "don't worry so much about date code story, and that they are kept in a warehouse in a controlled environment." I wouldn't accept them, and I told him to put my old tires back on one side dually. He says hold on and let me check around. Low and behold nobody has my size, so he makes me an interesting choice: 1) keep the tires with the older date codes and pay only for mount/balance of each tire, or 2) keep older date code tires until they locate new tires and pay for mount balance now and only the new tires when they come in without additional labor to install.
My prior tires were 5 years old and had 90,000 miles on them.
What would you do and why?
My prior tires were 5 years old and had 90,000 miles on them.
What would you do and why?
