The price is tires is kinda high but you gotta look at the Fun it is to drive one of these cars.The prices for tires have really been high ever since for the person buying from a hobby shop.I really have not seen a change in prices in the last nine years. Tires for sedan are really cheap,but they are not driving a 1/8. I knew getting into 1/8 that the tires cost is a factor considering really one set only last about 25 min of hard racing in a main. The price of motors has always been high,that is why 1/8 on road is the F-1 of r/c. A lot of my friends would like to drive 1/8 but simple cant afford to do it .At the end of a w/e of racing weather it was good or bad i just smile and say thats the price it costs to race the best class of racing for all of r/c. I race this class about 8 or 9 times a year. If some companys could come up with an alternative to what we are using now they would make Millions""