Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:28:57 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: And now for NEW TIRES
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You didn't immediately check the tire pressures and lug nuts torque ??
( and direction in your case )
You have to, if you want to be sure it's right.
This is what I tell my tire store these days .or any tire store ..
"I am not interested in a FAST job, I am interested in a GOOD job ..
and I will pay extra to have it done right. "
isn't that silly ? ..offering to pay extra to get what you should get
automatically anyway.
People seem to think there is some virtue in 'speed' per se, when it comes
to car repair.
It often leads to mistakes, which sure ain't news.
but really .....it's totally foolish to trust they did it right ..
they 'do not' do it right some significant portion of the time.
And it could potentially kill people ..
They think they are so thorough with the torque wrench ..
sure ..
but what good is the job if the tire pressures vary by 4 psi between highest
and lowest ? ..
when they are trying to put in 4 equal amounts of pressure in the four
mounted tires.
you know what they say ..
if you want it done right, do it yourself. That works. The sheer amount of
sloppy stuff I see in profession car repair is just astounding ...it would
take phone book size books, in several volumes to even begin to mention all
the really bad, 'wrong' and sloppy car repair I've seen over the years.
at least check the lug bolts/ nuts and tire pressures yourself.
which 5 rotation pattern you use does not matter too much ..
that you use the same pattern every time is the main thing to respect.
S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Buese" <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: And now for NEW TIRES
FWIW,
You gotta watch the tire jockies at Discount Tires(probably all). I told
the manager when I went in for rotating my Hakkas that they were directional
tires, & he said yep, & then the jockies rotated & crossed them over so that
I was running 2 tires backwards for a couple of hundred miles till I noticed
& took em back for correction!
They gave moi a $50 off card for their mistake, after I got perturbed in
their waiting room full of other folks, but they did make the correction
IMMEDIATELY when I went back.
YMMV,
Mr. BZ-never open a tire thread w/o proper warning
On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> Not to dispute what Mcneely said about Discount but they will not always
> match prices.
>
> When I got tires last spring (Genral Altimax 205/14) I was able to talk
> them
> down based ont he price from Tire Rack but they would not completely match
> the price - and they still charged for mounting and balancing (although
> they
> rolled that into the "matched" price so total came to just over what Tire
> Rack would have cost).
>
> I have a feeling that it really depends on where you are and what you're
> ordering - mostly though I've been very please with Discount - espescially
> their service.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
