tire installer "advice"

[Grant Lenahan]

Cosco gave me the same runaround. I want oversize tires on my car to  
avoid bends on our lovely NJ rut-holed roads.
So, for instance, I run 245/50-16 rather than 235/50-16; and  
245/45/-17 rather than 235/45-17.

Uh-uh. They look up OEM applications.

But yes, I can bring in my wheels.

Stoo-ped.

Grant
On May 9, 2008, at 4:34 PM, George Selby wrote:

> At 03:00 PM 5/9/2008, you wrote:
>> Just went to Discount Tire for an estimate on two tires, After
>> seeing my worn tires the friendly adviser recited the company policy
>> about not installing tires more than 4/32" difference in diameter on
>> awd cars.  He claims to have seen an A4 catch on fire in the parking
>> lot because of that.
>> I'm not believing this story and have no fear about putting new
>> tires on with the existing good tires,  but found it entertaining.
>> Nick  central Ohio
>
> I had a similar problem while on a long trip in a Nissan Stanza.  The
> car had a flat tire which needed replacement.  I went to a Sears and
> they didn't have the right size tire, a 205/60R14 I believe.  So I
> asked if they had a 185/70R14, which I knew would be good enough to
> put on the back of a front wheel drive car, and obviously much better
> than the tiny spare.  They said they did have one in stock, but
> couldn't install it for liability reasons.   The guy then said that
> if I were to bring in the tire not on the car, they wouldn't know
> what it was going on, and there would be no problem.  So I went
> outside and removed the tire myself, rolled it in, and they changed
> it right out.  I was on my way within 30 minutes.
>
>
> George Selby
>
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