Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Hmmm
Why is it that the simplest things often surprise me. We've taken a couple of longish trips since buying those tires last week. Once over about 65 mph, there was a noticeable vibration. Not arm thrashing, but definitely noticeable. This being a long weekend, Discount Tire was closed Sunday and Monday and today was the first day we could check back with them.
I called and with no hassles what-so-ever made a 3 pm appointment. We showed up and by 3:10 the car was inside and on the rack. About 15 minutes later our car was outside the door and the technician said that all four tires had been out of balance. Probably the Michigan roads he said. In my opinion, it was probably a bad day for the previous technician who mounted and balanced them less than a couple of weeks earlier. But anyway, at least they did find something wrong - no long stories about alignments and mud on the tires - and they did fix it. A quick test trip on the interstate nearby displayed no vibes and just a smooth handling car. We've got another long road trip coming up soon, so it will be nice to see how well they work.
I have to admit to be surprised that there was no hassles involved. They made the appointment, got me in and fixed the problem like real pros. The technician who worked on the car was friendly and seemed pretty competent. I wish more places were like that.
