"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote :

>
> "Sarah Houston" <SHoust@pndfnospam.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A9ADB509349CSntzldfrdSntzldfrdco@216.196. 97.142...
>> I'm wondering if these guys are just trying to sell me a new tire,
>> or what?
>>
>> One of my snow tires looked a little low, so I took them all in
>> anyway to get swapped out for the summer tires today and asked them
>> to check it, and fix it if necessary.
>>
>> They said it was a nail in the tread, but being it wasn't in the
>> very center of the tread, more towards the outside of where the
>> tread meets the road, that the tire is "unfixable" and I should buy
>> a new one ( from them ) next fall.
>>
>> Is this true or just a trick they may use on gullible women?
>>
>
> Holes where the sidewall meets the outer tread are usually not
> repairable because the patch won't stick.

Yeah but this guy was telling me it was about 2/3 the way out on the
tread. Sounded fishy.

I'm gonna check out the mark he says he put on it and see.

I posted here awhile back, about a tire shop that was doing an oil
change for me and told me that my head gasket was "leaking pretty good".

They gave me a $2000 written estimate to repair it.

BUT I checked my coolant levels and it's been a few months now and
they're the same!

I get tired of people wanting to blow smoke up my...er...skirt and rip
me off.

"Sarah Houston" <SHoust@pndfnospam.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A9BD1DBBFFSntzldfrdSntzldfrdco@216.196.97 .142...
> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote :
>> "Sarah Houston" <SHoust@pndfnospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A9ADB509349CSntzldfrdSntzldfrdco@216.196. 97.142...
>>> I'm wondering if these guys are just trying to sell me a new tire,
>>> or what?
>>>
>>> One of my snow tires looked a little low, so I took them all in
>>> anyway to get swapped out for the summer tires today and asked them
>>> to check it, and fix it if necessary.
>>>
>>> They said it was a nail in the tread, but being it wasn't in the
>>> very center of the tread, more towards the outside of where the
>>> tread meets the road, that the tire is "unfixable" and I should buy
>>> a new one ( from them ) next fall.
>>>
>>> Is this true or just a trick they may use on gullible women?
>>>
>>
>> Holes where the sidewall meets the outer tread are usually not
>> repairable because the patch won't stick.
>
> Yeah but this guy was telling me it was about 2/3 the way out on the
> tread. Sounded fishy.
>
> I'm gonna check out the mark he says he put on it and see.
>
> I posted here awhile back, about a tire shop that was doing an oil
> change for me and told me that my head gasket was "leaking pretty good".
>
> They gave me a $2000 written estimate to repair it.
>
> BUT I checked my coolant levels and it's been a few months now and
> they're the same!
>
> I get tired of people wanting to blow smoke up my...er...skirt and rip
> me off.
>
I would try a different shop.

"Sarah Houston" <SHoust@pndfnospam.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A9BD1DBBFFSntzldfrdSntzldfrdco@216.196.97 .142...
> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote :
>
>>
>> "Sarah Houston" <SHoust@pndfnospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A9ADB509349CSntzldfrdSntzldfrdco@216.196. 97.142...
>>> I'm wondering if these guys are just trying to sell me a new tire,
>>> or what?
>>>
>>> One of my snow tires looked a little low, so I took them all in
>>> anyway to get swapped out for the summer tires today and asked them
>>> to check it, and fix it if necessary.
>>>
>>> They said it was a nail in the tread, but being it wasn't in the
>>> very center of the tread, more towards the outside of where the
>>> tread meets the road, that the tire is "unfixable" and I should buy
>>> a new one ( from them ) next fall.
>>>
>>> Is this true or just a trick they may use on gullible women?
>>>
>>
>> Holes where the sidewall meets the outer tread are usually not
>> repairable because the patch won't stick.
>
> Yeah but this guy was telling me it was about 2/3 the way out on the
> tread. Sounded fishy.
>
> I'm gonna check out the mark he says he put on it and see.
>
> I posted here awhile back, about a tire shop that was doing an oil
> change for me and told me that my head gasket was "leaking pretty good".
>
> They gave me a $2000 written estimate to repair it.
>
> BUT I checked my coolant levels and it's been a few months now and
> they're the same!
>
> I get tired of people wanting to blow smoke up my...er...skirt and rip
> me off.
>


Stop taking your car to tire shops. Find an independent general mechanic.
Ask everyone you know if they have a shop they've been pleased with for a
long period of time.