I just bought a set of Kumho Ecsta XS for the new car, ( 255 /40/17 and 315/35/17 )
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....Model=Ecsta+XS
and although I could get them all landed here for around the AUD$900-00 mark, which is a great price, in the end I bought them through the Bob Jane dealer in Mermaid Beach.
He charged me $275-00 a corner ( Strangely the price was the same for the fronts and the rears ?), so all up $1,100-00, which I thought was a lot closer to the U.S. price than it used to be.
But that will have them fitted on the car and all balanced, and IF there were any problems with them I'd be able to get it sorted out in person.
Plus, I buy all of our tyres from there, so it helps with the price on any future buys.
I still keep an eye on the tirerack prices....there's a lot of really well priced tyres ( Sorry TIRES ) to be had.
Cheers,
Warren