Can somebody please explain to me why automobile tires are so expensive? They are what? Rubber and bits of steel all woven together...or something like that I presume. Now, don't get me wrong. I got a heck of a deal, but still. I used to own a Geo Metro...yes...imagine the scene of me driving that. I put four new tires on that once. They were small tires...something like 13's I believe. I had a hell of a time even finding the things. When I did...I replaced them, and I think I paid just under 180 bucks for all four tires, aligned and balanced. Today was a whole different league of payment. But, my garage smells like a tire shop...ahhh, the smell of new rubber...this bonus smell emitting, wafting in the air as my four new tires boldy hold up my trusty steed. I can now look forward to putting at least fifty more thousand miles on my steed as we journey the highways and biways together, or at least until something else goes wrong with it or decides to fall off. God, I love owning a vehicle. Don't you? More later...