Does PCA membership give you any exclusive deals ?
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No.
I have some friends in the biz to help - though even that way, TR doesn't have a lot of margin on the "good" stuff (extreme performance, etc.) so even with the "shop cost" discount there's only a few bucks per tire to be had there. Literally we're usually talking like 10 bucks a tire. But then to do it through him I have to pay tax - so it offsets the savings pretty quick. If I buy direct through TR I pay more per tire but I also don't pay sales tax. Usually winds up a wash.
Mount/balancing, I can run them to a friend to mount, he doesn't "charge" me per se, but I always toss the guy doing the work 40 bucks in cash. Frankly that's probably why my buddy continues to not charge me - because his guys are happy to do it and they always get a tip lol.
I think I settled on a set. Loaded them into the "save for later" section on TR. Sales dude says he has a buddy with ramz for sale, used, but OE Porsche... so I'll give him a few more days before I pull the trigger on these.