Comments on: Tire(d)

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:25:42 +0000

I checked tirerack.com and their price was almost identical to what I paid, minus the $65 alignment that I shouldn’t have paid anyway. The closest installer to me is down in a bad part of 10th street, and reviews on the site say it took 3 hours to get their tires put on. I wouldn’t hang around 10th street for 3 hours without some kevlar on. Looks like an interesting site, but not here, not yet.

By: FalseGod

FalseGod — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:54:03 +0000

tirerack.com man. They ship the tires right to the shop and you can drive in, drop the car off and be out in 30 minutes at any time of the day. They don’t hit you with all the extra fees because it is all paid for on the web site. I am buying all my tires from them forever.

By: Dr. Phrack

Dr. Phrack — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:47:06 +0000

I hope you’re planning to hang those Tire Replacement Certificates in your wall. That’s bragging rights! Next time your boss comes into your office – just point at your four certificates and gloat. Oh, and don’t go cheap on the picture frames either!

By: Earl Green

Earl Green — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:46:27 +0000

I’m just surprised that Rob was willing to share a diagram of his thrust angle in public.

By: Earl Green

Earl Green — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:52:09 +0000

That kind of tire replacement bill would kill us, literally. That’s like half a month’s worth of the money coming into this house at any given point.

But the other thought that occurs from looking at those printouts is this: these guys obviously can’t even change a blinkin’ printer ink cartridge. And you’re gonna trust them to change your tires? (Kinda reminds me of a joke I overused in high school: if the pen is mightier than the sword and I wouldn’t trust you with a sword, what makes you think I’m going to loan you my pen?)

By: Greg Kennedy

Greg Kennedy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:25:35 +0000

Which begs the question: why bother with the alignment at all?