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YOUR RESEARCHTire mounting prices? $55 per tire??
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I thought they outlawed highway robbery in the 18th century.....that shop is WAY out of line with those prices....not much you can do about it since you've already paid them....but I'd sure go back and let them know that you've checked with other Porsche owners and found that the going rate is $15-25 per tire....and that's balanced and mounted.
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Just had the winter wheels put on myself - $80 all around, and they used a torque wrench.
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Didn't feel so bad when I saw them use an actual torque wrench.
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I thought they outlawed highway robbery in the 18th century.....that shop is WAY out of line with those prices....not much you can do about it since you've already paid them....but I'd sure go back and let them know that you've checked with other Porsche owners and found that the going rate is $15-25 per tire....and that's balanced and mounted.
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Hi...I have a winter setup I need mounted. I recently had tires mounted locally...and they wanted approx. 200 bucks when I picked them up. I flipped, and said it's unreasonable...gave them 150 and felt pretty bitter about it.
Anyhow, another local shop mounted and balanced my 16's in the past for 20 per wheel.
Is it that much more difficult to mount 18's? The same shop wants 55 per tire to mount and balance...does that sound reasonable?
J
No, that doesn't sound reasonable to me at all. I think I paid $18/tire the last time I had this done, and that was with 20" tires for my other vehicle and I didn't even buy the tires at the place that did the work.
Was it a place that might not have worked on a lot of Porsches and maybe just thought they could get away with it?
I thought they outlawed highway robbery in the 18th century.....that shop is WAY out of line with those prices....not much you can do about it since you've already paid them....but I'd sure go back and let them know that you've checked with other Porsche owners and found that the going rate is $15-25 per tire....and that's balanced and mounted.
Yeah....I know. I got stung. I just don't want to get stung again with the winter setup. Total garbage. Porsche tax the first time. However, the 55 was told to me over the phone without any mention of what they are going on. Both shops are playing.
J
Actually....the guys at the America Tire shop I go to will mount and balance free if I buy the tires there. Since they've been giving me the same price as the Tire Rack (only difference is I pay Calif sales tax), I usually order my tires thru them. If you can develop some rapport with one of your local shops, you end up getting better treatment.
Did you ask what the cost was going to be in advance? If somebody told me to mount 4 tires would be $200+ I would hang up the phone (or walk out the door) and move on to the next business. If they did tell you that, then why in the world did you still do it?
Yeah....first time..I assumed it would be approx. 100...(and we all know what happens we when ASSume). when they hit me for 200 w/o tax...I said "that is the most unreasonable thing I've ever heard!!". Still paid way too much at 150. That's why I've been calling ahead....don't want to get into that again. Mavis here will do it for $24.99 per tire...good enough for me.
J
Years ago a great but somewhat socially clueless friend of ours moved into a new house. We threw him a big housewarming where everyone brought flamingos and those little sunflower windmills. His front yard was full. At some point during the evening he proclaimed that he�d leave a few of the lawn ornaments in front but the rest of them were going in the garage. I'm pretty sure his neighbors weren't too happy that a year later a little flock of pink birds were still there.
I thought I learned that night the importance of making jokes outlandish enough that even the slowest among us wouldn�t inadvertently take them seriously. I guess I came up short again.
Did you expect anything less around here?
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Hey, you in the short bus, too late to get on the full size bus. That bus has left the station
Exactly...there is no "normal" car these tires will fit...and the dead giveaway is the 2 different sizes for fronts and rears. That's why I'm calling ahead. When I got the last set mounted....I drove the car in cuz the old tread needed to be removed. F those guys. And to top it all off...I think the fronts need to be rebalanced!!!!! Lil bit of a shimmy around 90...annoying.
J
After I told him the size of the wheel and the rear tires over the phone, he asked what car it was for. Then he said, "they take a long time. You'll have to drop them off."
They are a big chain around here. Just opened up a place a few miles from me. they suck
Tim, I was thinking of doing the right side for $200, and the left side for $50, to see if the car turned better to the left.
