Good news. I went to the opening 1st day at Costco. They are selling Exide batteries and the battery that I paid $279 for at Bunnings in May is $188.99 at Costco. That's another welcome $90 saving over Bunnings and $200 over the Supercheap offer of a Century battery. Less than half the price of the Supercheap Century battery. Supercheap? Yeah right!
That's going to give the Bunnings customer service people a coughing fit.
As with Bunnings and Supercheap, you have to fit it yourself or find someone who can.
They're selling and fitting Michelin, Bridgestone and Goodrich. Includes rotation every 10,000km. Nitrogen is available with pressure checks as often as you visit Costco. Very good prices. A Michelin was cheaper than what I paid a few years ago.
Bridgestone 225/65R17 $291, Michelin 215 $190, 195 $145 + Primacy Buy 4 16"/17", Get $50/$100 off @ Costco
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Different size batteries, different size prices. That's the price for a large top spec battery for a 2 litre diesel SUV. I think that's the largest and most expensive battery Costco or Bunnings sell. It's a red top Exide, their top of the range. Your battery may be smaller and cheaper.
You're going to need to provide some model numbers and their respective prices OP, otherwise this post is going to be removed.
Exide XN70ZZMF 810CCA 36 Month warranty
$279 @ Bunnings
$188.99 @ CostcoCentury N70ZZMF 760CCA 24 Month warranty
$389 @ Supercheap when I was shopping for batteries. On their website right now for $325 until 9 October. Was $400 says their website.Both batteries fit the same cars.
I was just thinking we will need a costco thread since its just photos of deals so far, no online prices.
Here are some pictures for Tyre prices.
Edit: Feel free to add to the post or create a new one.
Nitrogen filling tyres? But regular air is 78% nitrogen anyway…. Marketing BS?
I am imagining something in the small print saying:
'Nitrogen - We aim for between 75% to 80% pure Nitrogen, but cannot guarantee any particular proportion.'
I used to say the same thing. But it seems that the other 22% is what leaks out. Nitrogen isn't as chemically reactive as oxygen either. I'd never go back.
The aviation industry and race cars use nitrogen too.Nitrogen is more stable and used in racing.
It's pretty much pointless on a road car though.
The Michelin prices are not very good. They are similar or a little more than their competitors. Not to mention the new PS5 apparently isnt that great
The Michelin pilot sport pricing is actually very good. Compare it to all other retailers. the pricing includes fill/fitment/disposal of old tires as well.
I was thinking the same, but didn't research further.
Do they fill nitrogen or regular air?
Nitrogen fill. Compare hyperdrive even, and their pricing doesn’t include the fitment, disposal and nitrogen fill.
I bought Michelin Pilot Sport 4 for $260 fitted each some time ago, so $216.98 each at Costco is actually a great price in my opinion. Tyre fitting and disposal service is about $20/$5 each respectively so it works out to be cheaper! https://i.imgur.com/CiOZfk4.jpeg
Also, the nitrogen filling is basically a scam for ordinary consumers, unless it's free. Air is already ~80% nitrogen!
I wouldn't say nitrogen as a scam. It's just not worth that much for regular people. There is a reason why nitrogen is used in high end cars & race cars. If you can get nitrogen for few bucks or free take it. You will be able to get more life out of those tires eventually. Secondly, nitrogen has bigger atoms compared to air, which means less frequent top up due to less leakage.
A 22% underfilled tyre is definitely not a good thing. Also try burning something or breathing in almost pure nitrogen and see how well that works.
Note I'm not saying nitrogen is really worth it for the average user, simply pointing out that saying air is already 78% of nitrogen is a little silly. The question is whether the 22% that isn't nitrogen, especially the ~21% that is oxygen and maybe the water vapour, is really a big deal for a general situation. The answer is not really, while there are advantages, mostly a slower leak rate, it isn't really worth it, it's not that much slower and it's something you can and should be dealing with anyway. (I can't imagine a situation where oxidisation and corrosion are a concern.)
I mean if your the sort of person who only remembers to check their tyres every 6 months, nitrogen may be worth it, your tyres might still be underinflated when you next check them, but I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be less overtime enough that it's better both for your tyres and for your safety. But you really, really, really should just get into the habit of checking tyre pressure regularly.
P.S. I acknowledge 22% underfilled is a little simplistic since in reality if nitrogen never leaked out and everything else did then while the first time your tyres were filled they'd be a standard atmospheric mix, as you filled them up over time without deflation the percentage of nitrogen would steadily increase. However my point was to emphasise just because air is already mostly nitrogen doesn't mean that other 22% is irrelevant. You can only know that by considering in more detail the alleged benefits. While the answer remains that they aren't actually worth it, the fact that air is mostly nitrogen is only IMO a small component of that.
Which competitors?
Also please provide details on the batteries
Get Bunnings to beat it by 15% if it's the same model.
How do you show Bunnings their prices? Would they take the pictures on FB as proof?
I imagine that if they haven’t got someone on it already, Bunnings/M10 will be updating their price beat Ts&Cs very soon. They would lose their arses on some of the deals they might be liable for beating (albeit probably in a totally minor way to their bottom line).
Apparently M10 will call up Costco to check. That's what someone said on Reddit when they got them to pricebeat on a bbq. But they couldn't get through on the phone so just did the price match. Then apparently the bbq "disappeared" from m10's website.
Sounds like a quiet quitting staff handling that request…haha
It will be interesting to see how price beating works against Costco, given that you need to be a member to get the pricing.
The Bunnings price guarantee doesn't mention it excludes memberships so I guess we will only know when tested.
I know The Warehouse (when they did price beats previously) used to not want to honour memberships such as New World Club Card pricing but I guess it may depend on who you get on the day.
Can anyone find prices for 225 55 17
Are all Exide batteries $188.99 or just a particular model?
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