Odd Experience this weekend
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Md
So last week I bought some tires off Tire Rack. They got delivered and started calling their approved installers.
I take the tires/rims off the vette to get ready to go in. Now I don't have the normal C5 rims on my Vette I have C6 18/19 rims. As I started to call the first shop I was told "nope cant do it" they don't do 35 series tires I was told.
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So now I call another place and get told the same thing. After 5 shops I am told none do those tires or Vette tires. Now these are not mom/pop shops I am talking 2x NTB, 2x Firestone, 2x pepboys, Discount tire. All said take it to the Dealer. Umm Dealer mechanics are on Strike here so shops are back logged to hell and I didn't feel like paying $300 to have tires mounted and balanced.
Finally found a Firestone that said never done them but have the machine to do it.
I asked every shop what they do if a vette owners comes in to buy tires? Do they turn them away? I kid you not most said yes and one said their machine rips the bead on 35 series tires. At least one was honest. Whats gets me is these are shops that Tire Rack states is a approved installer.
Has anybody else run into this?
I take the tires/rims off the vette to get ready to go in. Now I don't have the normal C5 rims on my Vette I have C6 18/19 rims. As I started to call the first shop I was told "nope cant do it" they don't do 35 series tires I was told.
.So now I call another place and get told the same thing. After 5 shops I am told none do those tires or Vette tires. Now these are not mom/pop shops I am talking 2x NTB, 2x Firestone, 2x pepboys, Discount tire. All said take it to the Dealer. Umm Dealer mechanics are on Strike here so shops are back logged to hell and I didn't feel like paying $300 to have tires mounted and balanced.
Finally found a Firestone that said never done them but have the machine to do it.
I asked every shop what they do if a vette owners comes in to buy tires? Do they turn them away? I kid you not most said yes and one said their machine rips the bead on 35 series tires. At least one was honest. Whats gets me is these are shops that Tire Rack states is a approved installer.
Has anybody else run into this?
Seriously? Not to open a labor/mgmt. argument, BUT if there is a union against GREEDY SCUM SUCKING BEAN COUNTERS of Manufacturers, shops, that determine some of the humanly impossible flat rate times we get paid, I wanna join just to go to the formal negotiating hearings for the pleasure of shoving a baseball bat up every one of their azze$.
Yes Boys & Girls, I cant wait to go to work today
