Quick and Easy Way to Buy Tires Online!
I'm About to Show You How To Buy Tires Online
So you want to buy tires online? Lucky for you its quick and easy. Not only that, but the method I'll show you will save you lots of money compared to buying at a local store.
For our purposes we'll look at the Quality Products and Trusted Brands at www.tirerack.com.
Their site has a lot of nice useful information. For example, you can find local places to install tires, view quality videos on tire care, or find a nice driving school. Amongst other things. By all means check it all out. But for this article we'll just look at the how to order tires.
In the middle of your screen you should see a #1 with text by it that says "Enter vehicle Make and Year." I have a '98 Ford Escort, so I'll just enter that in. You'll notice that you start by picking the make of your car first. That will display then a menu to enter the year of your car. Which then displays a menu for you to pick the model of your car. I entered in Ford > 1998 > Escort Sedan.
Then you'll notice the #2 item. Where you enter which product you are looking for. This is a great chance to point out that you can order many other quality products besides tires from their website. We want tires, so click "tires".
The next page that shows up gives you expert advice on which tires you can purchase. I'm going to go a head and click on the link titled "Tire Decision Guide". This way I can take advantage of their expert advice to find tires that meet my needs.
The first question you get asked is if you will be driving in the snow. I will be driving in the snow, so I want to click yes. In case you're wondering, if you click no, it just takes you to question #3. Question #2 asks me if I will be purchasing dedicated winter tires, or if I'll switch out these tires for dedicated tires. I don't plan to switch out my tires, so I'll click on "No, I do not use or plan to use dedicated winter tires." It then asks you to rank three simple things to better get tires tailored to your needs. They are handling, ride/noise comfort and treadlife. I do mostly straight highway driving so I'm going to rank handling third. I also want to get a lot of use out of these tires, so I'll rank treadlife first. Leaving ride/noise comfort for second.
Before I click "next" I'd like to point out to the right that it already has 23 tires picked out for me and I can skip the rest of the questions whenever I want.
Next you get a list of tire brands that you can deselect any brand you don't want to buy. I don't have any preference so I'll leave all the boxes checked.
You should now see a results page. I get four options to choose from: Best Match, Appropriate Match, and 2 items in Other Match. In each of these categories they explain to you what type of tires you will find, the cost range and why they choose that category for you. Choose one and click view results. I'm just going to stick wit the "Best Match".
Here are all the tires that the experts at TireRack have picked out for you. With loads of info on each tire. Browse through each tire and find one that you like. Don't forget that you can view reviews on each tire to the top rigt of the tire window. You'll notice to the right of each tire is the way to add them to your cart. I need four tires, so I'll leave the quantity box at 4. Then all I have to do is click "ADD TO CART".
They bring you to the review page of your cart. You can remove any unwanted items at this time. If all you wanted were those tires you can click the Begin Checkout button and be on your way. You can also check shipping prices or continue shopping. If you chose to continue shopping but want to go to check out, you can click on "Your Cart" link to the far top right at any time. You should now be able to buy tires online any time you want.
I hope this article has helped you see how easy it is to buy tires online. The Tire Rack has a great selection and you will also notice the huge savings. If you want to find out more information to buy tires online please check out my news section here.
Thanks,
Eric W