Aaargh, Kumho Tire Distribution
[size=24px]SUCKS[/size]!
I called them up this morning, asked if they had 255/40-17 Ecsta MXs, and they said they did, and quoted me $127 a tire mounted and balanced :shock: (TireRack is $137 a tire, plus shipping, plus mounting).
So I drive there a 9am, the place looks incredibly ghetto, and there are about 3 cars being worked on ahead of me, but whatever, fine. I stood around for almost an hour watching the cars being worked on and grew increasingly alarmed at what I saw:
- They used air impact wrenches to tighten the lugs--in some cases they didn't even bother threading the nuts by hand;
- I watched as they stripped the threads on the lug bolts on some poor schmucks minivan, and then "pointed out" the problem to him (who didn't know any better);
- They balanced the wheels with crappy-looking weights that they stuck (hammered) onto the outside of the rims;
- They were about to start on my car and couldn't figure out where to jack up the car (they didn't have a lift, just floor jacks)--I had to point it out to them.
Finally I decided I'd seen enough, and I told them I "didn't need the tires mounted right away" so I'd just buy the tires. After waiting on them for another 15 minutes, they came back and said they didn't have any 255/40-17s. Or even any MXs for that matter.
WTF?!? :bandhead:
Anyway that's an hour (and a half) of my life I'll never get back, but maybe some of you can benefit from my experience:
do not go to Kumho Tire Distribution!!!
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