Another opportunity for a rant. Any takers?

[Huw Powell]

> > As I said, any reasonably successful independent shop ought to be able
> > to handle tire mounting and balancing with aplomb.  Heck, if *I* can do
> > it, anybody with a tire machine should be able to!
> >
>
> I don't disagree with you Huw...but NTB isn't an independent shop, so
> there's no owner to show pride in his or her work.

Eh, it wheel balancing, I figure it's hard to screw up...

> And the local NTB
> branches seem to have more downside than upside for me, so I just stay away,
> which is unfortunate, cos the nearest one is 2 miles from my house, versus
> the 10 miles for Direct Tire.
>
> I also agree on minimizing the car's exposure, but I also expect *some*
> competence!

I really haven't ever since 1. a trained ex-Audi tech busted off an
alarm horn on my old 5kt and acted like it didn't even happen (did this
right in front of me, too.  weird.), and 2. just seeing how no matter
how good one is, how much it is still possible to screw things up on a
car by accident, tiredness, bad days, etc...

And of course my "approval" of one NTB, at a few times in the past, is
impossible to generalize to others, or even this one next week - since
there is, as you say, no owner to provide any continuity of work
quality.

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Huw Powell

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