Used car tyres in Vancouver, British Columbia typically sell for C$57 to C$565 (about $40 to $405). Be careful with this one: selling part-worn tyres is a regulated activity with specific legal requirements, and tyres near the legal minimum are not worth selling at all.
Selling car tyres in Vancouver
Vancouver is the most expensive city in the country and the mildest, which is an unusual combination. Apartments are small and outdoor recreation is available year-round, so compact furniture and outdoor gear are the two things that reliably move.
Housing costs move people frequently and the city attracts a highly mobile international population. Rain is constant enough that where something was stored is always worth asking about.
Traffic and the bridges determine how long any collection takes, far more than the distance does. Parking in the denser neighbourhoods is difficult, and most apartment buildings require the lift to be booked.
Vancouver, in British Columbia, has around 675,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Vancouver
Interac e-Transfer is the norm and is instant and traceable, which suits a private sale well. It is what most buyers will suggest before anything else.
What car tyres are worth
What lifts the price
- Manufacture date within the last few years
- Recognised brands with no repairs
What pulls it down
- Tyres more than several years old, whatever the tread
- Sidewall damage, bulges or cracking
Working out what yours is worth
- Measure the tread depth and state it in millimetres
- Photograph the sidewall including size and date
Getting it ready
- Measure the tread depth across the whole width with a gauge, not by eye, and record the figure.
- Read the four-digit date code on the sidewall. Tyres age out regardless of tread, and buyers check this.
Photograph
- The tyre whole, showing the tread pattern across the full width
- A tread depth gauge in the groove, with the reading visible
Put in the description
- Full size marking, plus load index and speed rating
- Measured tread depth in millimetres, across the width
Size, brand, tread and quantity: “225/45 R17 Michelin, 6mm Tread, Pair, 2022 Date Code”. The size is the search. State the actual millimetre tread depth and the date code — sellers who leave these out get endless questions and lower offers.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (British Columbia)
Common questions
Where can I sell car tyres in Vancouver?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. Traffic and the bridges determine how long any collection takes, far more than the distance does. Parking in the denser neighbourhoods is difficult, and most apartment buildings require the lift to be booked.
How old are they?
Read the date code and give the week and year. Rubber hardens with age, and many fitters decline to fit tyres over about six years old regardless of tread.
How much are car tyres worth in Vancouver?
Most used car tyres change hands for C$57 to C$565 (about $40 to $405). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling car tyres across Canada, what car tyres are worth, everything second hand in Vancouver, or Vehicles in Vancouver.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.