Idiot dealer

[JCunningham]

id say if you had to put new tires on a 14 the car sees 4500rpm most of the time. just kidding. ya take pics of the weights and contact one of the reps on here. Why did you need new tires on a 14. Do you drive for a living? If the wheel was bad enough to take 19 then it should be replaced.

[Evergreen6]

Originally Posted by 3Black

I took my car into the dealer to get its rear tires changed. So after I got into an argument with the manager on why it took 4 hours to change 2 tires he went to check on my car. He came back with this smirk on his face and said its done, he reved my car to 4500 and I told dont ever do that again. Now I look at my rim and they put 19 wheel weights in one place. My car wobbles now, and I think they did this on purpose. My other tire has only 5 weights.

Being argumentative rarely solves anything.

Just take it to a reputable tire shop and have them rebalance the tires and be done with it.

[lawman007]

Oh he resides in California, that may explain a lot. You see, in the great state of California, building general contractors and the like, are allowed to throw their crap in the back of their trucks(mostly flatbeds and full size pickups with out tailgates). They then proceed down the road and commence to have their crap fly off the back of their truck. This amounts to anything from nails to glass bottles and everything in between. Which explains the tire replacement.(I realize that might not be the case of the OP and this may be just a generalization) California has no law against this type of thing, but there ought to be, I mean they can just take 5 minutes to secure all the stuff on the back of their truck. Put nails and drywall screws in buckets. Put trash in proper recepticles etc. Over-sized items just put a tarp or a net over it so it doesn't hit the family of 4 in the car behind the truck. Why do you think the Indian cried?
Troy Lawson

[3Black]

Originally Posted by lawman007

Oh he resides in California, that may explain a lot. You see, in the great state of California, building general contractors and the like, are allowed to throw their crap in the back of their trucks(mostly flatbeds and full size pickups with out tailgates). They then proceed down the road and commence to have their crap fly off the back of their truck. This amounts to anything from nails to glass bottles and everything in between. Which explains the tire replacement.(I realize that might not be the case of the OP and this may be just a generalization) California has no law against this type of thing, but there ought to be, I mean they can just take 5 minutes to secure all the stuff on the back of their truck. Put nails and drywall screws in buckets. Put trash in proper recepticles etc. Over-sized items just put a tarp or a net over it so it doesn't hit the family of 4 in the car behind the truck. Why do you think the Indian cried?
Troy Lawson

I had one tire replaced because of a nail that destroyed the tire beyond repair. The other two are because im having too much fun. 11547 miles in six months...Ya your statement is true though, owning 4 cars myself, I've had to replace 7 tires this year alone. 4 of which were on my mercedes but I get free tires for that.

[3Black]

Originally Posted by 45thCamaro

19 weights?? As in individual weights? Or 19g of weights? 4 hours to change 2 tires is absurd. You witnessed them reving your engine to 4500? Im curious to know how you saw them do this. Not trying to say your BSing us but we need more info.

19 diffrent individual weights, yes 4 hours to change tires, I sat there and watched them put my car on a lift, then not touch it for 2 hours. I kept telling them but they just kept going back and forth and not doing anything about it.

[3Black]

Originally Posted by 191185

He revved it to 4500 with a smirk on his face, and you said don't ever do that agin ?

I might have used some more colorful words. But the reason I wasn't too harsh is because I plan on talking to their boss, and I didn't want him to plan some bullshit lie and get his coworkers to back him up

[3Black]

Originally Posted by JCunningham

id say if you had to put new tires on a 14 the car sees 4500rpm most of the time. just kidding. ya take pics of the weights and contact one of the reps on here. Why did you need new tires on a 14. Do you drive for a living? If the wheel was bad enough to take 19 then it should be replaced.

Dont be kidding about your joke, it's somewhat true

[lawman007]

Just be careful out there!

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Paladinjc

My first and only question, why would you get any work other then warranty work done at a stealership?

This.

As much as I like my dealer (and know the staff), I wouldn't consider them for most work that GM isn't footing the bill. We have several good tire mongers in my area that not only deserve my business, but who do a top notch job.

[beasstmode]

Originally Posted by Paladinjc

I stand by my statement.

Best career move I ever made was leaving that backwoods, hillbilly, shithole of a state he still lives in and moving to Arizona was because of people like him.. hard to make a living when you got people who think we're all "out ta getcha" when you take your car to the dealership.. and honestly when a customer comes in a there history pops up on our dispatch screen and it shows the only work we ever did for them was warranty everyone in the shop will tell you they hate getting those peoples cars and will spend the absolute minimum amount of time on that car possible. No checking tire pressures, no topping off fluids, and I sure as hell wouldn't spend a second of my time helping them out for a "quick spin around the block to listen to a noise" if the car is .00001 miles outside warranty. And honestly about the whole who would replace tires at a "stealership" there's a lot of people like you who will bring there cars in for some free shit they feel is entitled to them because they bought a car there 3 years ago and haven't been back sense and we'll tell em them need tires, "oh no, I know a guy who can get me a better deal" hahahaha oooook. Then a day or two later who comes rolling in the shop cause not a single "tire shop" could beat out price. It's all in the location, not all dealers are scams...

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by beasstmode

Best career move I ever made was leaving that backwoods, hillbilly, shithole of a state he still lives in and moving to Arizona was because of people like him.. hard to make a living when you got people who think we're all "out ta getcha" when you take your car to the dealership.. and honestly when a customer comes in a there history pops up on our dispatch screen and it shows the only work we ever did for them was warranty everyone in the shop will tell you they hate getting those peoples cars and will spend the absolute minimum amount of time on that car possible. No checking tire pressures, no topping off fluids, and I sure as hell wouldn't spend a second of my time helping them out for a "quick spin around the block to listen to a noise" if the car is .00001 miles outside warranty. And honestly about the whole who would replace tires at a "stealership" there's a lot of people like you who will bring there cars in for some free shit they feel is entitled to them because they bought a car there 3 years ago and haven't been back sense and we'll tell em them need tires, "oh no, I know a guy who can get me a better deal" hahahaha oooook. Then a day or two later who comes rolling in the shop cause not a single "tire shop" could beat out price. It's all in the location, not all dealers are scams...

you're kinda proving his point about dealerships. Most earn the reputation they have.

[xinfamousxi]

Originally Posted by beasstmode

Best career move I ever made was leaving that backwoods, hillbilly, shithole of a state he still lives in and moving to Arizona was because of people like him.. hard to make a living when you got people who think we're all "out ta getcha" when you take your car to the dealership.. and honestly when a customer comes in a there history pops up on our dispatch screen and it shows the only work we ever did for them was warranty everyone in the shop will tell you they hate getting those peoples cars and will spend the absolute minimum amount of time on that car possible. No checking tire pressures, no topping off fluids, and I sure as hell wouldn't spend a second of my time helping them out for a "quick spin around the block to listen to a noise" if the car is .00001 miles outside warranty. And honestly about the whole who would replace tires at a "stealership" there's a lot of people like you who will bring there cars in for some free shit they feel is entitled to them because they bought a car there 3 years ago and haven't been back sense and we'll tell em them need tires, "oh no, I know a guy who can get me a better deal" hahahaha oooook. Then a day or two later who comes rolling in the shop cause not a single "tire shop" could beat out price. It's all in the location, not all dealers are scams...

That person must not have searched good enough. I have never ever had a dealership out price any tire shop or site for tires.

[Evergreen6]

Someone from Arizona calling California "backwards".

An OP who uses foul language and expects good service thereafter.

And a lot of people who assume all dealer service departments are "out to get them".


This thread has SO much win. I'm going to pass out laughing and choke on my tears!

[NJScorpio]

I'm in a position where I don't know of a tire shop to trust, as I've had bad experiences in the past.

I'll be taking my 2LS in for a (possibly?) torque converter issue on Monday. I know for the price of ordering snow tires at the dealership, I could just order tires and wheels from tirerack and mount them myself...but I'm super paranoid about doing anything at all that could later be used to "void" any warranty claims.

I don't know who to trust (and I tend not to trust anyone, anyway).