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| - Okay, it's a car review day for me, as I've attended two shops in so many days and have one more to go. You should know that I abhor cars and believe they should be illegal -- only public transportation. But I have one, of course.
Tires are the worst. They're advertised at $X and wind up costing 20 percent more because of all the "stuff" they have to do to put 'em on, and, of course, taxes.
I called all over town and got almost the same price for four tires for my Tbird, around $700 out the door. I could buy a helluva bottle of scotch or two for that, but my tires were literally bald, something that was pointed out to me when I had a flat fixed.
In any event, every shop I called, including a different Discount Tire than the one I wound up using told me there was only one tire for my car and, as I said, quote the 7 bills. Until I spoke with James at this Discount Tire. He took the time to look it up and said there was an "alternative" tire, something beginning with a K and sounding quite Asian. "I'll do it for $550," he said and I was there in a heartbeat. Almost equally important to me is that I was done in 30 minutes.
This shop made it easy for me...I can't vouch for the others, but I can certainly for this one.
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