I went to several used tire places in the area today and none of them had 15" tires, I had a blowout last night.  They said that cars these days are not using 15" tires much.  If you go to Town Fair and major area retailer in tires, they will not sell you just one tire if you have a blowout, due to the four wheel drive issue.  What are reasonable prices these days fo tires either new or used?

New 205/70/15 you can usually get 4 tires between $75-125 each depending on brand and quality.

Depending on your areas labor prices, expect to pay $15-25 per tire for mount and balance.

Plus $3-5 per tire for disposal.

 

There are a LOT of older trucks and SUVs in my area with 15" wheels, so the used tire places here always have 15" tires.

I agree with fairtax and that there seem be a lot of 15" tires still around in my area as well.  

 

Used tires tend to run $25 to $45 here depending on which place and location.  I just picked up a full set of 195/65/r15 for my grandfather's trailer off craigslist here for $90 total (all 4 tires @ 80% or better tread).

 

You just have to be patient and look around.  I know that's hard to do when your running on a spare w/ a fuse in.

Instead of a used tire shop go to a new tire shop and see if they have any good take offs.  They usually have quite a few used tires for these kind of cases.

Ebay tends to have good selections on used tires for mostly reasonable prices. Especially if your tires are a more common brand and model, you should be able to find the same make and model tire in a similar tread depth to what's on your car. Done this a few times to get full size spares to carry with me.

Before you buy a single used tire and assume it will fit your car just because the size stamped on the tire is correct....be sure to actually measure it yourself by your own hand.  They can vary a lot by manufacturer, if the measurement is too far off, torque bind will visit.

I checked all around for a used 205 70 r15; no one has them, they all want around $100 mounted etc..

Have you checked out junk yards.

 

And as was mentioned you are going to have a problem finding one that matches your other tires in diameter. 

All of them locally; I guess I need to keep calling.  

Have you tried craigslist? I don't know what part of New England you are in but a search brought up a full set of 205/65r15 that would work fine in Providence for $130.

 

When checking craigslist for full sets you can also look at "close" sizes.

Edited September 12, 201510 yr by lstevens76

What brand and model? And how much tread life left on yours?

About 50% tread, I have never seen such short supply of used tires, apparently the trend is away from these sizes.

So you have an AWD and one bad tire, which is basically the same position I am in.  The difference is I didn't worry about "1 tire".  I hopped on craigslist and searched, not based on "exact tire size" but I also searched for full 15" sets and then checked them against my tire size for potential speedometer differences.

 

What I ended up finding and will be picking up Monday is a full set of 16" rims and tires w/ over 80% tread on them for $200.

 

The searches for craigslist would be:

 

15" Tires

Subaru Tires

5x100 tires

 

Etc....  

 

Being in New England doesn't tell me a lot or I could probably find a full set fairly cheap if I knew the area.

 

Also, my old tires will be going on craigslist (just the tires, keeping the rims).  The front tires are in good shape so I'll sell them to recoup some money since there are a lot of FWD vehicles that take 15" tires on the road.

Edited September 12, 201510 yr by lstevens76

Good luck with those, I didn't know you could upgrade to 16 inch tires.

 

I found one at a tire shop in Bridgeport, installed for $43 with the tax, he wanted cash because the boss was out of the office, but I showed him how to work the cc machine.

 

I've never had much luck with Craigslist.

Edited September 12, 201510 yr by ThosL

Good luck with those, I didn't know you could upgrade to 16 inch tires.

 

 

Our cars easily support 16" tires, it's some of the larger ones that can be an issue and going down to 14" can sometimes be an issue.

 

Bigger rims is rarely an issue and a site like this: http://tire-size-conversion.com/ can help to see what difference it will make on the speedometer.

 

And I have gotten better deals off Craigslist than eBay or any local company.  Craigslist is no different than your local thrifty nickel for the most part, with a lot more ads anymore.

205 55 16 is a pretty common optional size on imprezas. Its the base size for the pre 08 wrx