I've had my share of satisfaction and other at MV America's Tire, usually
having to do with what manager was there - they move around quite a bit.
However, they do have torque "sticks" and hand-held wrenches there, and
were always willing to use whichever I requested. The "sticks" were
default and satisfactory for my needs. They also identified worn lug nuts
and were helpful/cheap with replacements. I never really had a technical
problem with the guys in the shop at all, it was just the price
vacillations.
KeS
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Johann Schubert wrote:
> "John J. Stimson-III" wrote:
> >
> > I wasn't very happy with the America's Tire in Mountain View. They
> > quoted me $70 for mount and balance over the phone, which they said
> > was for balancing on the Hunter GSP9700 machine. When I arrived, they
> > tried to increase the price and then mounted and balanced the tires
> > with the standard low-budget equipment. The GSP9700 machine was
> > broken. In their favor, the tech that put the wheels back on did use
> > the torque wrench I brought to torque down the lugnuts.
>
> If you had to bring the torque wrench, I would say that's another strike
> against them. They can't afford to buy the tools to do the job right? :-(
>
> I've had good results at the following shops:
> Firestone, Mt. View (racer friendly...)
> Wheel Works, Santa Clara (near 101 & San Thomas)
> Fred's Import, Morgan Hill (a little expensive, has expensive mounting
>machine.
> uses nicer than average valve stems, coated weights. They own and use
> torque wrenches. Is a Tire Rack "Recommended Installer" so you can drop
> ship to them. convenient for me... )
>
>
> John
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