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schwabs is the biggest ripoff ever.... and i work at a dealership
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Sounds like you need a new spare. Maybe something in a 5 year old half or more of the tread left dirt cheap sort of thing.Les Schwab used to be a lot better back in the day, as I recall. We always used them for everything on the farm. It seems like they really went downhill when the old man gave up the reigns to the company. I think that's common; someone builds a business and has success based on value and service, then later the corporate business types take over the business and milk every last dime of profit out of it, with the business model of screwing the customer and employees alike. It's sure happened where I work. I'll be taking another substantial pay cut next month, for the third year in a row.
As to tires, I just replaced the 15 year old tires on my old Tacoma a few months ago. I had an awful lot of miles on them, and they had tread left, but I didn't realize just how bad they were getting. The new ones have dramatically better traction. The old ones were getting downright dangerous. I should have replaced them sooner. A flat was the final straw, but as far as I recall, it's the only flat I've ever had in that truck. I put the spare on, and it's the original spare from '97. It had never been used. The tire guy looked it over and put it back under the truck. He said he thought it was still OK to use for a spare, but would strongly recommend against going very far or fast on it.
Uh, yeah, that was about TWENTY THREE YEARS ago. And it was a combination of bad material batch and over/under inflating. I suspect they've corrected the problem since it hasn't been a problem since. I stand by my opinion of Firestone quality for the AT Revos.
I bought my winter tires online and had them shipped. Tires Nation
Took it to LS to get another tire and the mf said they had to replace all the tires because they were 8 years old. With less than 25,000 on them. I told them to put the tire back on and I was leaving, oh we can't do that. That outfit is worse than a low rate used car lot.
Running ten year old tires is a good way to get familiar with your jack and lug wrench on at the worse time possible Not worth it. This is very true on boat trailer tires as well. Ten year and older tires the ones that litter the road side of the mountain passes on hot summer days Not worth the risk and trouble to try to squeeze more life out of them . Most tire manufactures recommend eight to ten years max.
Where is a discount TIRES located
You had a run in with Lester the Tire Molester too? I have never had a good time in any of their locations.
Had a flat tire when I first started driving 16 years or so ago and I remember walking into Schwab telling me it would be $30 to fix it. I was a broke youngin at the time and went down the street to Discount Tires (American Tires at the time) and they patched my flat tire, rotated my wheels, and topped off the air of all 4 of my tires for FREE. Funny thing is my tires came from Schwab. I said to myself Schwab can keep their beef.Discount Tires honors all tire warranties and they will match any price local or online. Been a loyal customer ever since.Same here, got tired of Swabbers always trying to bubblegum me...
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As to tires, I just replaced the 15 year old tires on my old Tacoma a few months ago. I had an awful lot of miles on them, and they had tread left, but I didn't realize just how bad they were getting. The new ones have dramatically better traction. The old ones were getting downright dangerous. I should have replaced them sooner. A flat was the final straw, but as far as I recall, it's the only flat I've ever had in that truck. I put the spare on, and it's the original spare from '97. It had never been used. The tire guy looked it over and put it back under the truck. He said he thought it was still OK to use for a spare, but would strongly recommend against going very far or fast on it.
Had a flat tire when I first started driving 16 years or so ago and I remember walking into Schwab telling me it would be $30 to fix it. I was a broke youngin at the time and went down the street to Discount Tires (American Tires at the time) and they patched my flat tire, rotated my wheels, and topped off the air of all 4 of my tires for FREE. Funny thing is my tires came from Schwab. I said to myself Schwab can keep their beef.Discount Tires honors all tire warranties and they will match any price local or online. Been a loyal customer ever since.
discount tire is a great place to buy tiresI always had a VERY positive similar experience with Discount tire. I was also a very broke young man and many times they patched my very old worn out tires for free, topping them off with air too. Every time I considered using Schwab they seemed way overpriced.
FIRESTONE 500's which were rebranded as a dozen different brands. In my case working as a 20-21 year old in the late 70's early 80's at a service station, Chevron Atlas tires in some varieties were Firestone 500's They did a HUGE recall and we were changing tires like crazy. And since we weren't selling them we weren't making any commission. I remember guys going through the local junk yards looking for them to trade in. The assistant manager at the Station I worked at made out very well on the deal.
Never touched a Firestone tire since for my own vehicles.
Fact is nearly every company has made a few bad apples. How long can one hold a grudge?
Some of ya'll hold a pretty deep grudge. Fords made Pintos with dangerously exposed gas tanks to save a couple of dollars per car. How many of you still hold it against Ford? Remington M700 rifles have dangerous triggers, over decades, until fixed. Sigs made 320s not drop safe.
Fact is nearly every company has made a few bad apples. How long can one hold a grudge?
Blame the lawyers, probably.
I got tired of being a customer so I bought a tire machine and a balancer. Amazon and Ebay deliver right to my door.