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I’ve been a mechanic and installed many tires over the past 20+ years but never experienced that till my own car this last set of tires, but googling did show me it’s supposedly a thing.

Yeah, seen it many times. Usually haulers just taking vehicles to the junkyard…but like you or someone said previously, wouldn’t want to buy drivetrain components off that car.

Those RF numbers are pretty high for Michelins. What size tire and is it a load rated tire? Where are your 6/7 weights on the one wheel? In one spot or spread out? Any weights should be placed together. If they are spaced out that is not a proper balance…tech spun the wheel and it was still...

I went from continental extreme contacts to Michelin primacy’s. Not that that fact matters, but I was close to going to Costco to ask my options due to the same thing you’re describing. My car wandered and couldn’t hold a straight line for a few weeks after install. I checked pressure, they had...

“Junk tow” they hook it by control arm, subframe, tow hooks etc and just let the wheels dangle and spin.

Actually, water is getting in past the weatherstrip but it didn’t make it “over the hump” or wherever it needed to make it to get into the trunk yet. I wasn’t home all weekend so I’m not sure how bad the rain was here. It was horrible where I was but I was over an hour east, the way the rain...

I’ve asked to talk to a manager because my claim agent and whoever her “quality” guy is have left something to be desired. They are running everything though my insurance. They are the same company, safeco and liberty. I have liberty, at fault is safeco. They claim that they send it to a...

To my knowledge it’s original, not been replaced in any of this work. It’s actually very minimal (the amount of work done with the repairs)

Thank you. I sent a message.

Rather not even explore buying a car at this time. I was going to run this into the ground. It’s a 2017 Mazda before cylinder deactivation and turbo etc. They won’t give me enough to go flat out buy anything similar right now, or if so it’d be used with unknown history.

Cross insurers. I have (had at the time of collision) liberty. At fault is Safeco, same company.

I’ve been going round and round with getting my car fixed. I’m picky but I’m also reasonable. It’s a daily driver, but I hate the fact that I’ve been rear ended and you can still tell. I’ve been to 2 reputable body shops for maybe 8-10 times in trying to get the car right (accident was not all...

Looks like they did good. Don’t worry about the caster unless it’s not driving well down the highway or its steering isn’t returning to center. Caster won’t wear tires and it’s even side to side.

Thanks for all your thoughts. The wreck felt way worse than the damage looked. License plate imprinted in my bumper cover, it popped the end of the cover off where it meets the wheel wells / quarter panels (slightly popped them off) When (shop 2) told me they thought it looked like there...

I did have a thought that the $24xx could’ve changed to $900 due to being written up initially COD or customer pay, then changing to insurance rates. Although I didn’t think it was that drastic of a difference when talking body / collision work (I know the mechanical side, so that’d be warranty...

They called and listed it to me. They were supposed to send it as an email but didn’t. I’m confused where the 2400 turned into 900 but I feel like they’re not going to be truthful about that. They’ve been very nice and not crappy at all about getting thrown into the middle of the mess, but also...

It’s a 2017 bought new in 2018. Only been backed into when parked once before that cracked a little plastic, which body shop 1 repaired very well. It’s a tricky gray paint, and body shop 1 had a great reputation so I went straight back to them with this wreck.

So they called with the jobs necessary to repair the car. At first I could follow their text link to see my cars progress. The estimate at the time was $24xx. They had just simply looked at it with me and thought there was structural damage due to the appearance of the trunk lines with the trunk...

The office manager thanked me for not making a scene on multiple visits. I was close to it and she could tell.

Mine, but being sister companies has complicated it. They keep trying to hold me accountable for my deductible and any overages (rental overages) and I have to seek reimbursement from theirs. They keep telling me it’s normal to be out of pocket and I keep fighting that I wasn’t at fault, I...