<VV> Pay someone who has the skills- recent experience

[Taruffi57 at aol.com]

I have been using a non-affiliated tire shop near me for yrs.   Good ole 
boy deal.  Hard to get anything done, as he has so much business -  but cheap. 
 He has done mount/balance on many Tire Rack purchases for me  w/o 
complaint.  Took my wife's Mercedes "C" in to have some new Tire  Rackers put on and 
casually mentioned to his flunky that they take 28 front and  32 rear.  
Flunky told me that wasn't enough.  I said "ok, just put  what you want and 
I'll adjust when I get home".  Good ole buy Mgr.  overheard that and went into 
a RANT and said "those idiot Germans don't know  crap about Florida heat".  
(they put 35 psi in everything).
he even said that's ok as he wouldn't be working on that car in the future  
(the Mercedes).  I went into his office and told him I have been monitoring 
 pressures for 8 yrs. on that car and know that factory recommended PSI is  
correct for even tire wear.  He was still frosty.
 
I also reminded him that every time I have to remove lugs on anything his  
guys install I have to use BIG pipe on BIG breaker bar to break the lugs 
loose -  even though I ALWAYS ask them to please put lugs on so I can get them  
off.  I have also twisted up a 4-way or 2. Told him that could cost me  a 
road call fee with a flat - out on the road.   His  response was "I like to 
put 'em on so they won't come off".
Our business dealings are now over.
 
We had a Mitsubishi Diamante LS.  Wife's car. SOHC V6 road  burner.  The 
car was trouble-free so I didn't watch it very  closely.  One day I noticed 
front tires were near bald in their centers,  which only had a few thousand 
miles on them.  A different idiot tire flunky  had put....you guessed it, 35 
PSI in them.  They are too stupid to  comprehend that the PSI number on the 
tire is the Load Carrying Capacity @ 35  PSI.  If you try to get what's 
right, they get offended that you are  telling them how to do their job.  I dread 
going to ANY tire shop  anymore.
 
Oh, and I have had 2 different shops work on 2 of my cars recently where  
they gave the cars back to me with the problems not cured after me paying  
sizeable bills.  They always say it's something else or not their  fault.
Good shops are hard to find around here.
 
Joe Dunlap
Florida