Some Advice To The Following Service "Professionals":

If you work in a general service garage, a tire shop, or a quick-lube type facility, please take the following into consideration . . .

When you perform your ?multi-point? inspection or ?50-step checkup? or whatever the marketing services of your employer call it, DO NOT TOUCH MY TIRES. PERIOD!! I don?t give a rat?s ASS if there is a SCREWDRIVER sticking out of the sidewall, or if the rim is sitting 1/2 inch above the shop floor, you CALL ME INTO THE SERVICE AREA and we will discuss fixing the problem. Do you read me?

Now I don?t mean to sound like a prick, but I am FED UP with having to go out on a chilly morning with my compressor and INFLATE MY TIRES back up to where they are supposed to read because one of you took all the ?extra air? out of them during service inspection. I had to DRIVE to your place of business to have you rotate my tires or change my oil or whatever. ERGO, Einstein, the tires heat up and the pressures PSI increase accordingly. The same thing happens in the spring: as the weather gets warmer tire pressures increase. In the autumn, the opposite happens, and air needs to be added. I will also know if you F___CKED with my tire pressure if I drive away from the shop and the wheels feel like 4 basketballs: that means you probably referenced the maximum inflation pressure on the TIRE when "adjusting" them. If you do not know or understand these concepts, even if you do have a pretty ?ASE? patch on your uniform and a diploma on your shop wall, then you shouldn?t even be LOOKING at my tires, let alone ?adjusting? ? if that?s what you call it ? the air pressure in my tires!

The placard on my particular vehicle calls for 30PSI all around. I prefer to keep my tires a pound or two above that. Hence, Einstein, the pressure after driving to your place of business to have the oil changed or the transmission fluid checked or whatever, will probably read some frightening number like 34 or even 37PSI. If so, leave my tire pressures the F___K alone! Got it?! Because when you think you are doing a good thing you are actually creating a dangerous condition: My car will not handle predictably and possibly even dangerously, especially in a quick-reaction situation.

Finally ? I represent only ONE out of every ONE HUNDRED customers who you will have the pleasure of serving today. I PERFORM MY OWN tire pressure maintenance. If you were paying attention a couple paragraphs back I mentioned my own compressor. I also have my own gauge. Because I actually CARE about my tires and realize that the first line of contact between the road and my car are the tires! I don?t care if the alignment?s off, if parts are bent, or if the shocks or struts are completely worn and leaking fluid ? THE CORRECT PRESSURE WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. As for the other 99 customers who will show up, they probably wouldn't care WHERE their tire pressures are set, or even that all four might be different pressures as much as

5-10 pounds off.

So when I visit your tire store for rotation, or visit your quick-lube shop for an oil change or air/cabin filter replacement, please do me a little favor:

LEAVE MY TIRES THE F__K ALONE!!

Reply to
ChrisCoaster
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Do you then pay them for doing nothing?

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jim

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What the hell kind of question is that?! I'm paying them to do what I came IN FOR - oil change, filter change, etc. Comprendez vouz? Comprendes amigo?

And I must amend: I DO tell the counter person or even the tech themselves if it's a really small place not to worry about my tires. I guess they're not paying attention.

-CC

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ChrisCoaster

Speaking of tire gauges,

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Reply to
Fatter Than Ever Moe

Wow.. Having been a service professional since '77, I find your rant a bit offensive. Wouldn't it make more sense for you to find a shop that you can trust? I would guess that you work hard for your money.. why keep throwing it away at shops that you dont trust? Ben

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ben91932

__________________ Good, I'm GLAD you're offended, that it got your tighty whities in a knot. If everything we read made us all warm & fuzzy it would be planet "Fox & Friends". LOL!!

For every competent mechanic like you, who likes what they do, not just for a job - there are NINE OTHERS as described in my original post. They're the ones who need to get this.

-ChrisCoaster

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ChrisCoaster

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