I purchased Continental Tires from simpletire.com and had them shipped to the garage 3 miles from my home..Michelins was 560 each versus Continental at 397 each...the tires were 6 months old which was right at the cusp at which I would accept..(they called me with date codes before shipping)....while sure I would like newer, 6 months was acceptable to me, considering the savings..and the Michelin cracking thing which is not acceptable to me... The nearest Michelin dealer that could install these was 90 minutes away minimum. Just as a point of reference, I took delivery of this coach brand new shipped from Indiana (it wasn't sitting) Sept of 2008, the tire code on those were 4407 .. so these tires were sitting for about a year before I purchased the coach..
