Date:         Wed, 5 Sep 2012 08:21:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire rotating -- when?
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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?
> > >