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Oct 10, 2018 | 05:22 PM

jekoda

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Saved $97,000 yesterday...

Lesson learned.

Last edited by jekoda; Oct 26, 2018 at 07:20 PM.

Oct 10, 2018 | 05:46 PM

bclexus

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Just to make sure everyone knows, the 'discount tire' place you went to is not Discount Tire, right?

Oct 10, 2018 | 07:20 PM

bb700092

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Originally Posted by bclexus

Just to make sure everyone knows, the 'discount tire' place you went to is not Discount Tire, right?

When I read the OP's post, I knew your heart was going to be badly bruised by his choice of words

Oct 10, 2018 | 07:33 PM

bclexus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bclexus

Just to make sure everyone knows, the 'discount tire' place you went to is not Discount Tire, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bb700092

When I read the OP's post, I knew your heart was going to be badly bruised by his choice of words

I just don't want people to be confused or misled. I don't have anything but 100% approval for Discount Tire's great reputation, which is well-deserved in my opinion.

I actually knew it wasn't 'the' Discount Tire he was talking about because Discount Tire doesn't do oil changes and alignments.

Oct 10, 2018 | 08:42 PM

Polo708

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What GS costs $97k?? haha

Oct 10, 2018 | 08:54 PM

jekoda

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Originally Posted by bclexus

Just to make sure everyone knows, the 'discount tire' place you went to is not Discount Tire, right?

Correct. Never been there before.

Oct 11, 2018 | 02:26 AM

eddie420

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What GS costs $97k?? haha

He was going to get the LS500.

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Oct 11, 2018 | 06:52 AM

praetor

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I would have still gotten a new car. LOL

Oct 11, 2018 | 01:27 PM

E46CT

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New tires can make all the difference. Did you take an actual decibel meter or at least decibel meter app for comparative (not absolute) readings?

Oct 12, 2018 | 01:01 AM

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peasodos

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So your 2014 GS 350 had an issue and your reaction is to buy a new LS500? I wouldn't say you saved 97k, you just came back to your senses.

Oct 23, 2018 | 08:51 AM

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jekoda

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I did not, but it was a vast improvement.

Oct 23, 2018 | 01:40 PM

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timmy0tool

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if I'm not mistaken if you have a RWD model you cannot rotate the wheels/tires anyway due the staggered sizes.
balding near the center means the tires were probably overinflated.

glad it was sorted out in the end, and a valuable lesson was learned (which you've obviously quantified haha)!

Oct 23, 2018 | 01:59 PM

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jonathancl

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House next door is for sale. But I decided not to buy it. Just saved $600k.

Oct 23, 2018 | 02:10 PM

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peasodos

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House next door is for sale. But I decided not to buy it. Just saved $600k.

lol, exactly why this thread makes no sense.

Oct 23, 2018 | 09:52 PM

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FI4runner

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Originally Posted by bclexus

I’m 100% Discount Tire customer as well. On my personal vehicles I think they have about $40,000 in purchases from me over 20 years.
I just wish they would open up a commercial side for my business equipment (diesel trucks).
I’m sick of Les Schwab robbing us and not providing the service that Discount/America’s provides.