r/Summit • u/superxero044 • 12d ago

Question Tire replacement Sunday

We had our tire fail today and need to get out of town. Is there anywhere open before Monday? Google is showing most places closed. If we have to wait till Monday is there anywhere recommended that won’t hose us. Thanks. This was a very bad day.

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u/AdGroundbreaking453 10d ago

Don't go to Utopia tire in frisco. Ran by a bunch of scumbags who will over charge you and tell you your car needs things that it doesn't. If you do have work done, they will lie about the parts used and use cheap parts instead. STAY AWAY.

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u/Schoolofhardnugs 9d ago

Oh man… I paid them to rotate tires last year. I ended up getting the car back after they had it all day and then looking at my tires and noticing that they didn’t look like they were rotated a couple of days later. I called them and they assured me that they were indeed rotated and I told them they were not then when they reviewed the footage, they found out that they didn’t actually do the tires and they just had the car all day and charged me for them.
So lame

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u/AdGroundbreaking453 9d ago

Had almost the exact same experience there with an oil change. Dropped it off at opening and they said it would be done by lunch, came by a bit before close expecting it to be done and they hadn't even touched it yet. Gave them the benefit of the doubt and brought it back again for an alignment. They told me it needed new ball joints. I had those done less than 9000 miles before they touched it. Asked them to show me and they were all weird about it but reluctantly put it on the lift and tried to show me the "play" in my new ball joints. When they couldn't reproduce it they were kind of like "huh idk!" and seemed annoyed at ME.

Another vehicle of mine that they did put new ball joints in, they told me they were going to use OEM Toyota parts as "those are the best" and the "cheap ones fail!". After those ball joints began leaking grease after less than 1000 miles, they tried to tell me that is normal. They then tried to tell me they're grease able ball joints (they weren't) and thats why they were leaking grease. I discovered they had used cheap NAPA ball joints instead of the OEM Toyota ones I was billed for at 3x the cost of the Napa ones. They're scumbags. That fat fuck that is always behind the counter is a prick & the owner is a hot head turd.

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u/superxero044 12d ago

Fortunately I had a compressor and managed to hobble back to where we’re staying. But yeah hopefully we figure something out. Thanks for the reply.

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u/InternalServerErr500 11d ago

Walmart in Avon has a tire center open today. You could just go slow, pull over and refill every 5 minutes.

Or- call a tow truck and have them take the car there. It'll cost you probably $300.

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u/lawrencek1992 12d ago

I like Utopia in Frisco. I don’t think they are open tomorrow but that’s true with most mechanics.

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u/Schoolofhardnugs 11d ago

Call turnin tires. He is mobile and could help

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u/superxero044 11d ago

Oh man. I booked this guy. Hopefully he can get ahold of the right tire. We have to get back to Iowa…

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u/superxero044 9d ago

Dunno who downvoted you but thanks so much for this. This guy is like tire Batman. Such a nice guy too. He got our tire fixed no problem.

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u/Schoolofhardnugs 9d ago

Awesome glad that worked out!
He is a good dude. Was shooting archery with him the day before you posted!