Pep boys and tire deals
joevan
Especially since they are for my daughters car.
Mike Easter
Subject: Pep boys and tire deals
> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
She's doing the shopping or you are doing the shopping? - you mean your
concern is (primarily) for her health and safety or (primarily) for her
problem with/ ability to/ finding the right/best deal?
When I'm shopping for tires, I compare a lot of places, including
Costco. The last tires I bought were at costco. I've never bought
tires at Pep Boys - but I go there for other automotive things sometimes.
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Mike Easter
philo
> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
They are probably good
In my collection I have a vacuum tube that was test *good* by the Pep
Boys in 1934
it's still good!
philo
yes
one is filled with air
the other with vacuum !!!!
Vacuum tubed break when used as tires
and car tires get poor radio reception
BTW: the tube sticker recommends returning the tube to the Pep Boys in
90 days for another test
if there was a Pep Boys here in town I think I'd bring it it
no one there would even know what the hell it was !
Bucky Breeder
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> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
They're OK if your kid is going to spin the wheels and stuff...
But I'd go with a good set of BF Goodrich or Goodyear.
Safety; valuable cargo; and all those considerations...
http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/bfgapp/index.jsp
Google for "Goodyear Fortera"
Now check out :
http://discounttires.com/index.php
Plus Google for "tires online".
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M.L.
>Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
>Especially since they are for my daughters car.
The PepBoys in my (Chicago) area are known for engaging in
bait-and-switch tactics and for recommending dubious add-on services.
Make sure to stick to a tire purchase only. You'll definitely overpay
for things like tire balancing. Walmart is a better option if you're
not interested in high-end tires.
chuckcar
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> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
>
I don't know, does GM make a good car of any sort? Surely you must
realize that what you say depends entirely on the francise, who happens
to be sick there and exactly who's working on your car that day. Such
blanket statements are always far too specific generalizations to ever
be true.
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Buffalo
philo wrote:
> On 07/28/2010 01:24 PM, Evan Platt wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:22:38 -0500, philo<ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/28/2010 12:46 PM, joevan wrote:
>>>> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
>>>> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
>>>
>>>
>>> They are probably good
>>>
>>>
>>> In my collection I have a vacuum tube that was test *good* by the
>>> Pep Boys in 1934
>>>
>>> it's still good!
>>
>> Slight difference between tires and a vacuum tube. :)
>
>
>
> yes
>
> one is filled with air
[skip]
> the other with vacuum !!!!
'Filled' with a 'vacuum'? Hmmmm
Buffalo
Buffalo
Evan Platt wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:22:38 -0500, philo <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> Slight difference between tires and a vacuum tube. :)
One big difference is that rubbers will fit on many vacuum tubes well, but
not so well on tires. :)
Buffalo
philo
Yes , filled with a vacuum
it's kind of neat that I have a little time capsule
which contains a vacuum, the way they existed back in 1934.
The worst thing that ever happened to me was I was holding a vacuum
in a bell jar, and some vandal stole the contents of it.
sheesh
I had my laboratory guarded pretty well
but it was evidently a professional thief who performed his dastardly
deed as if there were nothing to it !
joevan
Why shucks, I have 6 vacuum tubes big uns too. In a home built radio
that was built in 1919. I have the big old cone speaker that also
works. I had it working once on a little 6 volt tape recorder. I was
told if I had the wet cell batteries I could listen to the 1920s. All
true except I would be listening to today's radio on a real old one.
Still sounds funny but truth is stranger than fiction I have heard.
Buffalo
What color was it?
:)
Buffalo
philo
>>> [skip]
>>>> the other with vacuum !!!!
>>> 'Filled' with a 'vacuum'? Hmmmm
>>> Buffalo
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Yes , filled with a vacuum
>>
>>it's kind of neat that I have a little time capsule
>>which contains a vacuum, the way they existed back in 1934.
>>
>>
>>
>>The worst thing that ever happened to me was I was holding a vacuum
>>in a bell jar, and some vandal stole the contents of it.
>>
>>sheesh
>>
>>
>>I had my laboratory guarded pretty well
>>but it was evidently a professional thief who performed his dastardly
>>deed as if there were nothing to it !
> Why shucks, I have 6 vacuum tubes big uns too. In a home built radio
> that was built in 1919.
Wow
1919 if it was a broadcast band receiver
then it was built several years prior to the first commercial transmission
Of course in those days, it took a few years to tune in a station]
so they got a head start I guess
philo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are probably good
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In my collection I have a vacuum tube that was test *good* by the
>>>>>> Pep Boys in 1934
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's still good!
>>>>>
>>>>> Slight difference between tires and a vacuum tube. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes
>>>>
>>>> one is filled with air
>>> [skip]
>>>> the other with vacuum !!!!
>>> 'Filled' with a 'vacuum'? Hmmmm
>>> Buffalo
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes , filled with a vacuum
>>
>> it's kind of neat that I have a little time capsule
>> which contains a vacuum, the way they existed back in 1934.
>>
>>
>>
>> The worst thing that ever happened to me was I was holding a vacuum
>> in a bell jar, and some vandal stole the contents of it.
>>
>> sheesh
>>
>>
>> I had my laboratory guarded pretty well
>> but it was evidently a professional thief who performed his dastardly
>> deed as if there were nothing to it !
>
> What color was it?
> :)
> Buffalo
>
>
I don't know what color it was
but it smelled like an odorless gas!
joevan
Something totally unlike Rts' farts then.
Buffalo
If you fart in a vacuum, then it will not be a vacuum (at least a total
vacuum).
Buffalo
Meat Plow
> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals. Especially
> since they are for my daughters car.
Do you think they will put defective tires on your daughter's cars?
joevan
I think it may be possible for some scum to be a cheat.
Meat Plow
So you consider Pep Boys, a nationally advertised company to be cheating
scum?
NotMe
"Meat Plow" <mhy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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There is a distinct possibility that an unscrupulous manager will sell tires
that are out of data aka subject to dry rot or make a recommendation based
on what they have been instructed to push market.
Good example is one of the major brands is pushing high fuel efficency tires
which they are what they don't tell you is the other performance factors
such as lack of control and stopping performance is the trade off.
Recall you get what you inspect not what you expect.
Bucky Breeder
> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with
> deals. Especially since they are for my daughters car.
You must first decide if you'd rather your family
be on those standard round tires, or the ones that
always go downhill.
While the gas-milage savings can be considerable, your
daughters should think about safety and speed, and not
being dectected by the red-light-radar cams which are
being secretely put up to track our habits.
Pep Boys tried to sell me some new shock absorbers for
my old pickup truck. I found that I could do the same
thing by making a cushion by duct-taping some bubble-wrap.
HTH.
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olfart
"Bucky Breeder" <Breeder_Bucky.Breeder@That's.my.name_Don't.wear.it.out>
wrote in message >
<snip>
> Pep Boys tried to sell me some new shock absorbers for
> my old pickup truck. I found that I could do the same
> thing by making a cushion by duct-taping some bubble-wrap.
>
> HTH.
>
> --
>
implants are quieter....and smoother too
Meat Plow
> "Meat Plow" <mhy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2010.07...@hahahahahahahah.nutz...
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:01 -0400, joevan wrote:
>>
>>> Are they any good. I don't know if I trust them with deals.
>>> Especially since they are for my daughters car.
>>
>> Do you think they will put defective tires on your daughter's cars?
>
> There is a distinct possibility that an unscrupulous manager will sell
> tires that are out of data aka subject to dry rot or make a
> recommendation based on what they have been instructed to push market.
I think the possibility of a well recognized national brand name in Pep
Boys is doing this is not a distinct possibility but rather highly
unlikely.
> Good example is one of the major brands is pushing high fuel efficency
> tires which they are what they don't tell you is the other performance
> factors such as lack of control and stopping performance is the trade
> off.
Got some specifics as in who is pushing this and what they are pushing?
> Recall you get what you inspect not what you expect.
I bought a set of off brand SUV tires from a local back in 2007.
Best fucking tires I've ever put on a vehicle and I've owned Goodyear, BF
Goodrich and Michelin. I knew nothing about this brand but told the
dealer I wanted a low-priced 16x235 highway tread tires that had a long
life, weren't noisy and rode well. I got exactly what I asked for and 30k
miles later I still have another 30k of tread left. I was told these
tires are made by Dayton and were $80 each. That's $55 per tire less than
the other brand names previously mentioned.
joevan
I had Dayton extra heavy duty 16 inch tires on my old 57 land rover. I
think they are still on it and doing fine. I left it in Maine when the
wife passed as well as a lot of other stuff. I bought it in 67 or so,
and used it for 20 years with those tires still going. It wasn't used
a lot most years as it was a second car except for one year when I
worked at a big museum in Delaware. I remember one of the scientists
saying about the rover, driving a bit harder and it wasn't as
comfortable as his 70 Chevy van. Thing was though I bet that van is
not around anymore but the 57 Rover is.
Bucky Breeder
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> "Bucky Breeder" <Breeder_Bucky.Breeder@That's.my.name
> _Don't.wear.it.out> wrote in message
>
> <snip>
>> Pep Boys tried to sell me some new shock absorbers for
>> my old pickup truck. I found that I could do the same
>> thing by making a cushion by duct-taping some bubble-wrap.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> --
>>
> bet the popping noise drives you nuts on a bumpy road.
If you put enough layers together, you doesn't have any
popping whatsoever, unless you're shagging your date in
the parking lot and she still has her high-heels on...
that's been sort of a glitch... but thank goodness the
UPS guy eventually drops-off another package to the rescue!
> Recycled breast implants are quieter....and smoother too
Awesomely-Excellent idea!
I think they'd make such good airbags too, but the peoples
(and by "the peoples" I mean especially me) would be gettin'
into wrecks all the time on purpose. Shoot... I'd just
probably run into a couple of fence posts on the way to my
GF's house, sort of like gettin' some foreplay before gettin'
down to the foreplay. Gettin' slapped in the face by breast
implants - oh yeah, I sense yet another 12-step program coming
for the Oprah show on the [b]loomin' horizon!
Airbags... who was even the genius that came up with that one?
You have to be in a wreck before you ever get the benefit...
Why not just hang a few breast implants from the ceiling and
stick 'em on the sides and dash, so you can even have the
benefit when riding on one of those bumpy roads, like Alabama,
or other 3rd-world countries. There's an idea that could have
saved the US auto industry -- way before they jetsam'ed Pontiac.
Yes, I miss the GTOs and Firebirds. Alas. <sighs>