Obviously I can just check recent prices in the "Tires/Wheels for Sale" forum (which I have been doing) but for those of us new to this site and to many who will be discarding their OE tires in favor of aftermarket, it would be helpful (now and i the future) to have a sense of the market value of OE tires. And of course it could save those selling them valuable time by helping them to price their tires "realistically".

Right now I am getting a sense that the price for the performance 195/55R16 runflats (which I will be selling when my MCS arrives in a few weeks) is about $225.

Other opinions:

175/65R15's

195/55R16's performance:

195/55R16's all-season:

205/45R17's performance:

205/45R17's all-season:

tim

 

The Tire Rack's price for the OE Dunlops is about $175, so I think you're a little high.

 

Despite their high cost new, expect to be able to sell them for a good bit less than the average performance tire that someone might put on a MINI.

For instance, I run Yokohama ES-100's and pay about $100 each for these tires. I'd be willing to pay $50 each (if I had an extra set of rims around here to mount them on) to have a set of runflats to be kept for long highway trips.

$50 might be a low-ball price, but if I were to pay any more, I'd buy new performance tires.

But this is just one guy's personal view.

Someone who has a blowout and needs just one tire might be willing to pay more, but they'd also want the tire very quickly.

I'd check ebay to see what the open market gets. . .

 

For a set of 4. they are definitely selling for less than $300/4 for 16" (less than 500 miles) - I'm trying to figure out how low.