Ross
05-29-2007, 06:05 PM
Another story that illustrates why you should avoid NTB and it's ilk.
These asshats sold grandma tires for the Oldsmobile 2000 miles ago, clobbered her for about $90 worth of extra BS fees too.
Well, the thing shakes like a mixmaster over 50mph from the right front.
So back it goes for a rebalance, I did not specify which wheel. Now I know better than to go there, even for "free" but it angers me that these jokers pile on all this extra crap and can't even balance a tire properly. So I go. I watch through the window.
They only check the front wheels, rebalance the RF (wrong weights) and try to sell me a center link, idler arm and a pitman arm which is not even a wear item on this car. They also tell me the balance was fine.
I reminded the salesman that the pitman arm on this car is not a wear item, I watched the RF being rebalanced and the rears weren't even off, so he gets all defensive. The pitman arm is a hunk of steel with two holes in it, no moving parts, it will last forever.
This "safety check" missed worn brakes, a badly leaking pinion seal and an obvious exhaust leak. Tires pressures weren't even checked.
I figure I've maybe a 50/50 chance of proper balance (no chance to check due to traffic) and then need to hope the weights will stay on.
I will keep telling myself; never again, never again, never again.
Even for "free", never again, never again, never again.
These asshats sold grandma tires for the Oldsmobile 2000 miles ago, clobbered her for about $90 worth of extra BS fees too.
Well, the thing shakes like a mixmaster over 50mph from the right front.
So back it goes for a rebalance, I did not specify which wheel. Now I know better than to go there, even for "free" but it angers me that these jokers pile on all this extra crap and can't even balance a tire properly. So I go. I watch through the window.
They only check the front wheels, rebalance the RF (wrong weights) and try to sell me a center link, idler arm and a pitman arm which is not even a wear item on this car. They also tell me the balance was fine.
I reminded the salesman that the pitman arm on this car is not a wear item, I watched the RF being rebalanced and the rears weren't even off, so he gets all defensive. The pitman arm is a hunk of steel with two holes in it, no moving parts, it will last forever.
This "safety check" missed worn brakes, a badly leaking pinion seal and an obvious exhaust leak. Tires pressures weren't even checked.
I figure I've maybe a 50/50 chance of proper balance (no chance to check due to traffic) and then need to hope the weights will stay on.
I will keep telling myself; never again, never again, never again.
Even for "free", never again, never again, never again.