Find a locally owned front end or brake or tire shop in your area, a Mom-n-Pop kinda of place, someone who has been there doing that for some time. Someone who's reputation is tied to the shop/job. You pay more for the tires but you have a lot better chance of getting good advice & the job done with care than a place that is corporate owned and the person putting your tires on was working in a different field yesterday. I have a daughter who went from the Walmart bakery to Tires & Lube Express overnight. You do get a good price on the tires .... I spent 5 years at a Buster's Front End Shop in Bemidji Minnesota, it was a Mom-n-Pop shop. Rotate your tires every 7k-8k miles (second oil change) & check the tire pressures now & then for best life from the tires. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com
At 9/5/2012 07:04 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >Experts?? The really disturbing thing about the last screw up was >that neither that shop nor the Toyota dealership here could figure >out why the car pulled to one side until I found the problem myself, >two alignments later. At least when confronted with the problem, >the shop manager was apologetic, and mounted two new tires rather >than one, as well as reimbursing me for the alignments. > >Experts?? > >mcneely > > > > > On 9/4/2012 8:57 PM, Richard A Jones wrote: > > >> What's the rule o' the thumb about tire rotation? > > > > > > > > > Ask your tire shop. You do have a tire shop that you trust > > > and takes care of your tire and alignment needs, don't you? > > > |
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