They don't carry either Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, my current tires, or Yokohama AVS ES100, my next tires in a week. They seem to carry mostly all seasonal touring tires, with a few performance tires mixed in.

And their prices on Dunlop SP9000's (I used to have those), $155 per tire, seems about $15 higher than tirerack.

What warranty does sam's club offer over the manufacturer, out of curiosity? And one of my friends installs my tires on his machine for dirt cheap.

 

Sam's Club can and WILL special order anything that is made by the manufacturers that they carry. It is a special order, so it would have to be done in person. Sam's Club doesn't technically offer any warranty over the original manufacturers warranty, but they do offer flat repair, rotation, and various other services for free. I had an Eagle GT sidewall tear out... the manufacturer was only willing to refund 45% due to mileage, Sam's Club was kind enough to pick up the tab for the rest so I paid a total of $1.49. (Tax on tire disposal.) Needless to say, I have been very happy with them.

 

You can check for crappy tires not by just going WOT at a standstill, but also by going around turns. Crappy tires will also moan and squeal when you push the tires even just a little bit around a corner. Bad alignment will pull your car to one side if it's bad enough or by different wear patterns on the treads. Also, try braking real hard. Crappy tires will squeal and skid more than sticker tires.

 

i work at sams club.. and no.. they cannot and wont order ANY tires u want.. he carries goodyear(but cant get F1's) and some other brands, excluding Yokohama's. When i wanted tires for my prelude... they didnt help 1 bit.

 

My thoughts exactly, less air pressure would cause the tire to give a little giving more traction. I would say.........ease up on the pedal some. They don't have that much power to where anytime you decide to move from a stop it is going to "skirrrrrt". Especially being an automatic...........unless you are doing some hella neutral drops when you take off.

 

lower tire pressure should yield more traction, and therefore less peelage. However, increased tire wear. Also, the best way to solve your problem is to EASE to your 3/4 throttle or whatever your pushing it to, instead of just punching it in to that throttle angle.....the Accord, especially the auto will peel everytime if you push the gas in too fast, and besides in proper driving technique, the best way to get maximum power is to make your "punching" of the gas a very smooth "gradual" movement. No, I don't mean slow, but not instant either. Hard to explain, but it's similar to braking, it should never be stood on, it should be quickly, firmly, but not instantly applied.

- Nathan

 

Don't worry about it, I know what you mean, and I know that's the best way to accelerate, it also conserves more gas. The tires don't peel out with a squeal, they just spin, I should have said this earlier h:. I think it has to do with the fact that it's May/June and those damn street sweepers haven't come around here yet, so I'm sliding on the sand. At any rate, the tires are pretty bad, about a week ago, I had a close call, some jackass ran a red light, and I jammed on my brakes, my tires screeched a lot (note: this street did not have any sand on it). Without question, I'll be replacing these tires with those Bridgestones AFTER I use these Michelins to their death. Then maybe burn out to finish them off (haha), or not, who knows.

 

yea, thrs this street near here that is freshly paved and on a failry warm day with my tires warmed up i dropped the clutch at 2k and didnt even spin em, i just bogged. on a crappier street, i dropped it at 2500 and did a posi burnout, e-brake off...

so yea, it just really depends on the tires and condition but u should ease up on the throttle, even though u probably have a life time to go on ur acord, my car is about to go...

oh and just for kicks, i tried dropping the clutch at 2k in reverse and it just gripped and shot my car backwards, and that is the feeling of rwd, w00t.

 

Your automatic trans is probably going bad. 98-02 v6 auto transmission are junk. They all go bad. A lot of the time they start out by shifting a little late, and when starting from a stop it slips a little, then just grabs making the car peel wheels. They also will start chirping second gear really hard. Then next thing you know it, the trans starts shifting really late...

 

haha, now there are 2 different things that are telling me it's the tranny: the peeling out and the fact that when i release the gas (in 2nd gear i believe), the car practically comes to a complete stop.