Yoko AVS ES100 are pretty good and probably quite a bit cheaper than the Paradas, but the Paradas are nice as well.
I've got a buddy running the Azenis on his Civic and they have very good dry traction, not sure about wet traction though. They're pretty popular in autocrossing from what I hear.
As for TireRack, if you have the tires drop shipped directly to the installer you don't need to worry about lugging them anywhere.
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