Safe to Drive on this to Tire Shop or No?

Nice def seems like you made the best of it.

 

It seems Big O has not made it to my part of the world

Then I have been dealing with my tire shop about 40 years!

I do see we have National Tire and Battery a Sister company.

 

No clue if they're as bad as Big O, but I just picked up the replacement tire from Big O (took them 3 hours to replace a single tire that I left with them, despite me being the 2nd customer to arrive 2 min after opening).

Manager there then asked me out of curiosity what I'd paid for the other 3 KO-2s at Discount, and had the audacity to ask why I didn't call him and ask him to price match after Discount's price came in nearly $300 cheaper, and mind you Discount Tire managed to mount and balance 3 new tires, and mount one of my takeoffs on my spare (and balance it of course) in under 30 minutes.

 

Ok one final gripe about Big O Tires here in Prescott, AZ. They are too lazy to take 3 seconds to wipe the extra white grease off the wheel and tire. (First pic is the single tire from Big O, other pic is one from Discount)

PSA to all TW: avoid Big O Tires in Prescott, AZ. They're shysters, their customer service blows, and their attention to detail is lacking.