Refused to sell me a tire..........

[No 2817]

Discount Tire Direct refused to sell me a Yokohama S Drive [FONT=Avenir LT W01_95 Black1475556]205 /55 R15. When you check out they ask what vehicle you putting the tires on. I did not think much of this and dutifully entered my 2016 F3-T information. I get an e-mail to call them there is problem with my order I thought "gee they had 12 in stock what could be the problem". I call them and they tell me they can't sell me the tire because it is a car tire and not a motorcycle tire. I said I know that and we are all using them on our Can-Am's. He says rules are rules it's not safe to put a car tire on a motorcycle federal laws blah, blah blah. So if I would have entered a car that takes that size and is rated for that size they would sell it to me!!! My QUESTION IS WHAT MAKE AND YEAR DO I ENTER THEN TO GET THE TIRE. He says he can't tell me and would enter my refund. Thanks have a good day.


WOW! I had this problem at Costco wanting to go a bit wider on my tires. They would not sell them to me. 1984! I can asses the risks on my own and don't need federal nanny's looking after me.


Chris[/FONT]

 

[ofdave]

the policy probably is driven by corporate lawyers, as is the case with so many things today
we are a very litigious society and CYA has become important, no company wants a lawsuit so they set policies to avoid them
find a car it fits and put that in the vehicle box on the order form

 

[PapaHotel]

You can buy it on Amazon

 

[soaring hawk]

what fits

Ford ecosport 2013

 

[Deer Slayer]

1970 VW Dune Buggy! :roflblack:

 

[NorthAlabamaSpyder]

TreadDepot will sell you one also.

 

[Bob Denman]

You NEVER mention Spyders, when buying car tires... nojoke

 

[Easy Rider]

Well it really ISN'T safe to put most car tires on a 2-wheel motorcycle.......so you need a "work around" like a couple of people have suggested above.
Explaining that it has 3 wheels and not 2 might help......but probably not.
Take your business elsewhere.

I had a hell of a time buying tires when I had a Caddy STS. Because it was theoretically capable of 140 MPH, everybody wanted to sell me Z rated tires.

 

[Bob Denman]

We're not talking about "Dark-Siding" a leaner...
And the people in these shops aren't smart enough to know the differences. It's best to just NOT let the conversation get started.

 

[NorthAlabamaSpyder]

Bob is right, don't elaborate on what it is going on. I can't tell you how many times I went in with a Goldwing rim to have a car tire put on. I always had the "trailer wheel" story ready. Same story over the phone.

 

[thehawk]

Interesting! My local store not only sells them to me, they order them and mount them for me… Of course I take in the rims to save the labor. They cannot however, balance the rear one. It doesn't fit on their machine.

thehawk

 

[Bob Denman]

It's up to the Shop...
Discount Tire must have some nervous Lawyers on their payroll. :dontknow:

 

[BoilerAnimal]

Interesting! My local store not only sells them to me, they order them and mount them for me… Of course I take in the rims to save the labor. They cannot however, balance the rear one. It doesn't fit on their machine.

thehawk

Pretty much the same for me. I had to take my rear wheel to a motorcycle shop to get it spin balanced.

 

[UtahPete]

Discount Tire Direct refused to sell me a Yokohama S Drive [FONT=Avenir LT W01_95 Black1475556]205 /55 R15. When you check out they ask what vehicle you putting the tires on. I did not think much of this and dutifully entered my 2016 F3-T information. I get an e-mail to call them there is problem with my order I thought "gee they had 12 in stock what could be the problem". I call them and they tell me they can't sell me the tire because it is a car tire and not a motorcycle tire. I said I know that and we are all using them on our Can-Am's. He says rules are rules it's not safe to put a car tire on a motorcycle federal laws blah, blah blah. So if I would have entered a car that takes that size and is rated for that size they would sell it to me!!! My QUESTION IS WHAT MAKE AND YEAR DO I ENTER THEN TO GET THE TIRE. WOW! I had this problem at Costco wanting to go a bit wider on my tires. They would not sell them to me. 1984! I can asses the risks on my own and don't need federal nanny's looking after me. [/FONT]

What planet have you been living on until now? If a company doesn't want to sell you a tire because of liability issues, that is their right. Should the feds be telling them your freedoms trump their right to protect themselves from potential lawsuits?

 

[AY4B]

I had the exact same thing happen to me when I wanted to buy a Yokohama S Drive at Discount tire. Its better to buy online but then you need to find someone that can do the install or in your cast just mount the tire. Some dealers will and some will not.

 

[rtotten]

I went into a Discount Store....asked if they had a tire. They said yes. Bought it. They ask what it was going on. Told them I prefer not to tell them, still got the tire.

 

[BajaRon]

Do you remember this TV program intro?. 'The Outer Limits' controlled 1 hour. The US government controls the other 23....

 

[jaherbst]

Bob is right, don't elaborate on what it is going on. I can't tell you how many times I went in with a Goldwing rim to have a car tire put on. I always had the "trailer wheel" story ready. Same story over the phone.

You ran car tires on your Goldwing? Tell us about it. I think this is a first!

Jack

 

[BoilerAnimal]

You ran car tires on your Goldwing? Tell us about it. I think this is a first!

Jack

Bet it was a trike!

 

[wmh9680]

This is great info. It should be on the newbies list post (hopefully it wasn't and I just don't remember). Everyone will have this problem sooner or later. Thanks, Mike