Tires Got SLASHED :(
09-26-2007, 07:17 PM
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Tires Got SLASHED :(
In the long line of never ending BS: My two driver'* side tires were slashed last night. As were my girlfriends mothers (I was at her house, not a great neighborhood, lol)
Thank God I live in Akron, OH - The Rubber Capitol of the World, as Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone are both based here. My grandfather is a Firestone retiree and got me about a $105 discount on the tires. He pays NO labor for anything done at Firestone Complete Autocare stores, and no tire disposal fee.
I got the Bridgestone Insignia SE200s (as that was what was already on the car) and I've heard they're good tires. They were $107.99 per tire, but with the discount it was about $74.00/tire. All in all, I paid $178.99 for 2 new Insignia SE200s with a 3 year warranty against ANYTHING (including slashes
) Not bad I don't think...it would have been closer to $280 without my grandpas discount. I also decided to put both new tires on the front...since those are the drive wheels. The other tires still had about 75% tread life remaining.
Thank God I live in Akron, OH - The Rubber Capitol of the World, as Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone are both based here. My grandfather is a Firestone retiree and got me about a $105 discount on the tires. He pays NO labor for anything done at Firestone Complete Autocare stores, and no tire disposal fee.
I got the Bridgestone Insignia SE200s (as that was what was already on the car) and I've heard they're good tires. They were $107.99 per tire, but with the discount it was about $74.00/tire. All in all, I paid $178.99 for 2 new Insignia SE200s with a 3 year warranty against ANYTHING (including slashes
) Not bad I don't think...it would have been closer to $280 without my grandpas discount. I also decided to put both new tires on the front...since those are the drive wheels. The other tires still had about 75% tread life remaining.
09-26-2007, 08:15 PM
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Bummer :( well with the discount it wasn't so bad. And rerember what goes around comes around. A few month back someone punched a hole in my gas tank and took the gas. A few weeks later the guy ended up catching fire doing it to another car and got caught 
09-26-2007, 09:22 PM
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I used to havemy tires slashed all the time when the kids were in school & talking crap... I got to the point I kept 4 spares in the house. I can't remember if it was 22 or 26 total.
Cops didn't do squat but fill out a report.
Best part is SAM'* Club covered them all under their road hazzard policy. LOL
Cops didn't do squat but fill out a report.
Best part is SAM'* Club covered them all under their road hazzard policy. LOL
09-26-2007, 11:36 PM
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Good news on the deal there!
Yeah Akron seems like trouble anymore, The only time I'm in that area is for some White Castle or Summit racing
Ed
Yeah Akron seems like trouble anymore, The only time I'm in that area is for some White Castle or Summit racing
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09-28-2007, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by sqela
Originally Posted by popatim
I can't remember if it was 22 or 26 total.
Man, that sucks. Glad you got a good deal on the fix, but sorry it happened in the first place.