Recent content by PickToo

On one return trip to DT, I actually suggested that they pick the tire/wheel that required the most weight, and rotate the tire 180 on the rim. The guy responded, "No, we'll just move that one to the back." :rolleyes: He basically refused to consider my suggestion! He also told me that if a tire...

Mr 59 4cv - I, too, will likely not use Discount Tire again. My distrust of their workmanship began when I bought new tires about three years ago. I watched as one of their kids attempted to lift the car by the molded factory running boards, and I promptly went ballistic!! o_O I've been a...

I'm terribly skeptical of the diagnosis you describe. I'm no mechanical engineer, but I don't believe there is a direct physical connection inside a FWD transaxle that would produce a vibration that would transfer to the drive axles. Longitudinally, no internal transaxle shaft is long enough to...

Sorry, I replied by mistake.

Unfortunately, I don't know.

As Jack Benny always said . . . WELL!! Went to the new DT shop this morning. Three tires required an additional 1/2 to 3/4 ounces of weight. The fourth one asked for a whopping 2.5 ounces!! Afterward, I drove the car 60 miles round trip at mostly 75mph on excellent freeway surfaces. The...

Yeah, I'm about to test that theory. One of the things that pushed me to that decsion was when the original store manager said, "Ya know, we've had problems with some GM trucks (my Buick Enclave IS NOT a GM truck), After three sets of tires on one of them, the guy went to his dealer, who told...

Les Schwab . . . I've seen their stores while traveling, but there are none in my part of the world. Even if there were, I would refuse to shop there. The company name is just too similar to the Earl Scheib paint shops from more than 50 years ago. That company was the laughing stock of their own...

Oh, yeah! I certainly remember those Hunter machines. It was almost comical to watch installers futz with the dials/rollers on those things to smooth out the tires. Overall, they seemed to produce good results, although the guy had to really know what he was doing in order to get there...

I'm a 25-year customer of DT, and I've always been "relatively" pleased with the results of each visit. Yeah, I've had to return for a re-balance a few times, and on two different cars, raised h*ll because they damaged expensive, painted alloy rims. To their credit, though, they always repaired...