I just ordered one AVS sport through tire rack. They just gave me a call to make sure I was aware that it wasn't a run flat (standard on Z4) and to make sure I wasn't miss matching tires. Props to you tire rack for looking out for the safety of your customers.

+1

i ordered my koni's and h&r race springs. the springs were not in stock in their nevada wherehouse so they phoned me up the following morning to let me know that its gonna take a couple days longer
they also gave me a couple different shipping options that would save me as much money as possible while trying to get my shipment to me asap.
sure enough it was at my front door within a week.

Does your local tire mounting facility give you grief for not buying the tire from them?

never had a problem, but I use the installers that are on TireRacks website. Typically, I can even have tirerack ship my tires directly to the installer as well!

Does your local tire mounting facility give you grief for not buying the tire from them?

I've been asked a few times where I bought it and was told "Call me next time to see what deals I can get." But grief? No grief at all :stickoutt