I went to Goodyear yesterday to get my wheels checked because I thought the alignment was out and the steering wheel would shake every time I got above 60mph. Well, I talk to a guy from the Goodyear up the street from me while Im at work and tell him that I would like to bring my car in, he says "Sure, so long as you can get it here by 3:00pm". I leave work at 1:15pm; I drive home terrified because I could swear that the car was getting worse. I'm on 495 west going around all those rollercoaster turns, and I have to break the inter way because the car feels like it's getting away from me. Well, I get to the shop around 2:50 (cutting it close), and when I tell the guy that I'm there for an alignment he tries to set me up with an appointment. I tell him that I would like to get it done to day and that's when he tells me the "usual", "one guy left early, the other guy is out sick with the flu, so I only have one tech". Funny they didn't say that over the phone. 
So I ask him if there any Goodyears in the area, he said yes and called one up. After he told me that they could take me today (yay!) I got the directions, and headed out. When I got to the new location I told the guy that Kevin sent me and that I was looking for Mike. He took my information and said that he would call me if they had any problems. Well there were some problems. Apparently all 4 of my tires were bad. One had a bulge, ones wear pattern was bad, the other was falling apart (this one was supposed to be new) and the last one was just old; so needed 4 new tires. Also, my boyfriend noticed that who ever we got my tires from (Mr. Tire) 2 years ago sold us cheap tires because they didnt last 70k miles like we PAID for them to do. At the end of the day I walked in thinking I was going to be shelling out $70 for an alignment and ended up paying $492 for 4 new tires, an alignment, and balancing.
On the bright side, the car is riding well. I was on my way to Annapolis today and I happened to look down at the speedometer and noticed that i was going 80mp and I didn't even know it. "I swear officer it FELT like I was going 50."
So I ask him if there any Goodyears in the area, he said yes and called one up. After he told me that they could take me today (yay!) I got the directions, and headed out. When I got to the new location I told the guy that Kevin sent me and that I was looking for Mike. He took my information and said that he would call me if they had any problems. Well there were some problems. Apparently all 4 of my tires were bad. One had a bulge, ones wear pattern was bad, the other was falling apart (this one was supposed to be new) and the last one was just old; so needed 4 new tires. Also, my boyfriend noticed that who ever we got my tires from (Mr. Tire) 2 years ago sold us cheap tires because they didnt last 70k miles like we PAID for them to do. At the end of the day I walked in thinking I was going to be shelling out $70 for an alignment and ended up paying $492 for 4 new tires, an alignment, and balancing.
On the bright side, the car is riding well. I was on my way to Annapolis today and I happened to look down at the speedometer and noticed that i was going 80mp and I didn't even know it. "I swear officer it FELT like I was going 50."
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gordo72:
wish we could just ditch our cars and fly like Superman 
jamielee:
I will certainly keep you posted! 