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GZire

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2015, 09:35:45 AM »
Quote from: mauidog on July 24, 2015, 02:42:32 PM
I thought just driving caused the tires to rotate! 

 :rofl:

BURN!!!!! :-*





Quote from: one2boost on July 24, 2015, 06:55:08 PM
Still able to rotate wheels/tires front to back if the wheel and tire size are the same.  Unless it's one of those high speed Tokyo drift kind of hot rods with the back wheels and tires being a bit bigger than the front.

Yup mine are staggered (which is what you are referring to), so theoretically I could only go side to side because of the different tire sizes from to back..................but wait, mine are directional too which means there are left side tires and right side tires so they can only stay on the left/right side of the car......................so yeah I'm boned, no rotation for me.
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bok88

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2015, 10:40:26 AM »
Bought 2 tires from Costco after they refused to install it unless I buy 4 tires because they said both rear tires didn't meet their measurement score.Got 9 out of 10 per tech who seemed bit confuse why I need to change all tires (tires only has 18,000 miles use) but the font has Michellin '' rubber chunking'' issue.Anyway,will have it mount/balance ($ 30/tire ) plus alignment ( $ 96) this week at local shop.Is the alignment really necessary? .
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Inspector

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2015, 10:45:22 AM »
Quote from: bok88 on July 27, 2015, 10:40:26 AM
Bought 2 tires from Costco after they refused to install it unless I buy 4 tires because they said both rear tires didn't meet their measurement score.Got 9 out of 10 per tech who seemed bit confuse why I need to change all tires (tires only has 18,000 miles use) but the font has Michellin '' rubber chunking'' issue.Anyway,will have it mount/balance ($ 30/tire ) plus alignment ( $ 96) this week at local shop.Is the alignment really necessary? .
Alignment is necessary only to keep from adversely wearing your tires. Which could void your warranty and lessen the number of miles you get with those tires significantly. It is usually not a safety issue unless they find your front end joints are so worn they need replacement. Which they will find if you do an alignment. So your question is if it is necessary. It is not, but it is a smart thing to do.  :thumbsup:
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mauidog

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2015, 10:48:06 AM »
Quote from: bok88 on July 27, 2015, 10:40:26 AM
Bought 2 tires from Costco after they refused to install it unless I buy 4 tires because they said both rear tires didn't meet their measurement score.Got 9 out of 10 per tech who seemed bit confuse why I need to change all tires (tires only has 18,000 miles use) but the font has Michellin '' rubber chunking'' issue.Anyway,will have it mount/balance ($ 30/tire ) plus alignment ( $ 96) this week at local shop.Is the alignment really necessary? .

Depends on who checks the alignment.  Some places charge for alignment even if it's in spec just for having to check it. 

Last time I went  to Lex Brodies', they checked the alignment for free, and told me an alignment wasn't needed.  "No charge" is great to see when no work was actually needed!!
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stangzilla

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2015, 11:03:01 AM »
i knew someone went to pearlridge sears for an oil change
after going home, he inspected the change and saw it was still the old oil filter on there
checked the dipstick and oil was all dark black, like old oil, not clearish like new oil.
brought it back to sears, turns out they didn't do anything but charged for oil change
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Inspector

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2015, 11:30:21 AM »
Back in the late 60's when gas stations were service stations, my mother took her 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass to the local Shell station for an oil change. She drove straight home and put the car in the garage and into the house. Later in the day she went shopping at the local supermarket. My brother and I both got home from school about the same time. We saw this huge puddle of oil under where the Olds was parked in the garage. We looked and there was rather large trail of oil from the street and up our driveway. So we hopped into my brother's Renault Dauphine (Look it up if you don't know what one is) and followed the trail a few miles to the grocery store. After a check of the dipstick showed no oil on it whatsoever, we knew she couldn't drive the car any farther. We went inside the store and found my mother. We drove her to the Shell station and they admitted they didn't have the correct oil filter for her car so they used a "suitable" replacement. They towed the car back to the shop and ended up buying the correct filter at a retail auto parts store. They topped off the oil and never apologized.
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ren

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2015, 11:42:15 AM »
Quote from: stangzilla on July 27, 2015, 11:03:01 AM
i knew someone went to pearlridge sears for an oil change
after going home, he inspected the change and saw it was still the old oil filter on there
checked the dipstick and oil was all dark black, like old oil, not clearish like new oil.
brought it back to sears, turns out they didn't do anything but charged for oil change

that's a straight up jacked! as in robbed.
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Heavies

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2015, 05:32:09 PM »
Quote from: stangzilla on July 27, 2015, 11:03:01 AM
i knew someone went to pearlridge sears for an oil change
after going home, he inspected the change and saw it was still the old oil filter on there
checked the dipstick and oil was all dark black, like old oil, not clearish like new oil.
brought it back to sears, turns out they didn't do anything but charged for oil change


This happened to my sister in laws car as well, but from another servicer.  They also never rotated the tires, yet billed for the service.  From all the services she took it to who knows when they actually did any work to the car.....  When she finally brought the car to me, the oil filter was mud brown(Toyota's filters are black), the oil was tar like, and the two front tires where so bad they were showing wire on the inside edge ready to blow out....  rears where barely worn...   This was at Servco in Mapunapuna. 
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wirecounter

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2015, 09:23:59 AM »
There are many horror stories of bad service/repair/rip off from automotive servicing places.  So, let me jump in & give you the most memorable I have personally seen working at Sears Automotive in Phoenix:

1) A guy brings in a classic 200Z for new tires & alignment.  Tire guy changes the tires and the mechanic takes the car for a test drive in the parking lot.  As this guy is watching his baby, the left front tire comes off and the left front axle is grinding on the aphalt and the fender gets wasted.  The tire guy didn't tighten the lug nuts.

2) A guy brings in his brand new Ford F150 for it's first oil change after 500 miles.  A "master mechanic" (has all 8 certs) changes the oil and the guy drives away.  His engine seizes after a few miles since the mechanic forgot to put oil in the engine, but he did tighten the drain plug.  The truck was in our shop for months while the real mechanic (guy with no certs, but over 30 years experience) changes out the engine.  Took long because even with a brand new replacement, the truck never did run like a brand new truck . . .

3) Someone brings in their car to buy a battery & it is dead.  So, the battery tech goes out to jump it with a battery we have strapped to a hand truck.  The tech starts up the car and the top of the battery blows off rocketing at least 20 feet up in the air . . . he hooked up the battery backwards.

4) At Goodyear in Arizona - mechanic & service manager sells customer a brand new rack & pinion.  Only needed to replace the tie-rod ends.  Final cost over 3k vs around 150 for new tie rods.  Mechanic & service manager get commission on sales.

Moral of the story: You need to personally know your mechanic or the owner of the service station.
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Kingkeoni

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2015, 10:12:08 PM »
Quote from: wirecounter on July 28, 2015, 09:23:59 AM
There are many horror stories of bad service/repair/rip off from automotive servicing places.  So, let me jump in & give you the most memorable I have personally seen working at Sears Automotive in Phoenix:

1) A guy brings in a classic 200Z for new tires & alignment.  Tire guy changes the tires and the mechanic takes the car for a test drive in the parking lot.  As this guy is watching his baby, the left front tire comes off and the left front axle is grinding on the aphalt and the fender gets wasted.  The tire guy didn't tighten the lug nuts.

2) A guy brings in his brand new Ford F150 for it's first oil change after 500 miles.  A "master mechanic" (has all 8 certs) changes the oil and the guy drives away.  His engine seizes after a few miles since the mechanic forgot to put oil in the engine, but he did tighten the drain plug.  The truck was in our shop for months while the real mechanic (guy with no certs, but over 30 years experience) changes out the engine.  Took long because even with a brand new replacement, the truck never did run like a brand new truck . . .

3) Someone brings in their car to buy a battery & it is dead.  So, the battery tech goes out to jump it with a battery we have strapped to a hand truck.  The tech starts up the car and the top of the battery blows off rocketing at least 20 feet up in the air . . . he hooked up the battery backwards.

4) At Goodyear in Arizona - mechanic & service manager sells customer a brand new rack & pinion.  Only needed to replace the tie-rod ends.  Final cost over 3k vs around 150 for new tie rods.  Mechanic & service manager get commission on sales.

Moral of the story: You need to personally know your mechanic or the owner of the service station. These guys are a bunch of dipshits.
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one2boost

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #30 on: July 31, 2015, 05:41:30 AM »
I couldn't stand shops that rip people off, gives us mechanics a bad name/stigma.  At the various shops I worked at, it was common to bring the customer out to actually show them what was wrong, granted if they were in the lobby waiting.  Now if they weren't we would always keep the old parts, just in case they would want it/take it home.  If not, once they drive off the property the old parts would get tossed in the dumpster. 

I seen many screw ups in various shops I worked at.  But those stories would be posted at another time and another thread.
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oldfart

Re: Sears tire scam?
« Reply #31 on: July 31, 2015, 06:43:05 AM »
Re: Costco service...
I took a nail near the sidewall on one of my tires. Costco said they could not or would not repair an injury like that.
So they told me I would have to buy a new tire.
BUT since they did not have the exact same tire as the other side they gave me another new tire so I would have 2 matching tires.
I was amazed. Two for the price of one. :D
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