Calif could be the difference, but I paid $1294.00 (rounded up) 6% tax included in Idaho from my local Goodyear/Michelin dealer, including mounting, dynamic balancing, and old tire disposal last Sept for my Latitude HPs on 19" staggered sport setup

As for FSETH, I'd stick with the place you found. As you said, he deals with high performance cars, so he evidently knows what he's doing. This is not what I experienced at Big O.

As we all have found out, it's so important to find places that actually know what they are doing (at reasonable prices) vs some place whose business is mainly domestic cars

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