Originally Posted by AdNaMa585
I would definitly take it somewhere else and take a guy with you. I was told that my CV boots were bad one time when I was getting tires put on my car. I took it to Sears because I work there and I get a discount on that stuff, but because I was a girl they assumed I knew nothing (which I really don't know that much about CV boots or joints to be honest) and tried to get me to get it fixed right away. I told them I'd have to check around for prices and I had my friend who is a mechanic check it out and they turned out to be fine. Absolutely nothing wrong with them. Since then, I will never take a car there again, or reccomend it to anyone (at least the Sears in my town). Anyway, long story short, get a second opinion.
One of my female friends was driving one day, got scared by a bus that jumped lanes suddenly, and popped both her tires against the curve. I headed out, gave her a tow with my AAA card, and had her taken to a shop that quoted me good price over the phone for some average Kuhmo tires. At first she walked into the tire shop herself. They then said they quoted her the wrong price and she would have to pay almost 2x as much ($600 for a set of Kuhmos 712s!!!) to get them replaced. Thank god she came out and got me, because I managed to bitch them back down to a *somewhat* reasonable price of $350 OTD, mainly cause I threatened to have her car towed to the next tire shop a block down
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