Flat tire

I can assure you this, I personally do not put all lawyers and doctors under that blanket you are using to cover all shops with and you could have said what you said about not wanting to approach the shop owner who wants to sell you a tire instead of fixing the one you have without using the term "rip off". I am sure a lawyer and a doctor would not put up with it either.. By the way, how do we line our pockets on here by giving free info even if we are called "rip offs"? I am sorry you said it, also. Hey, how do you know it is fixable till it is broke down and inspected? You have a lot of anomosity (sp) when asking for help. We will give the help none the less.

so far you did not offer any advice, I just got a lecture on my attitude. Sorry if I generalized all shops under rip offs, but you must admit as a car owner sitting in a shop with a tire off the rim and a guy you do not know tells you need a new tire as this one is beyond repair. Helpless is all that comes to mind. Trust is an extremely valuable item to posses. Very few of us have it.

Then do this, ask a friend for a recommendation of a shop they trust, try them out and ask that your friend who is a regular customer of the shop to please go with you the first time in. When regular customers introduce prospective new customers to a new shop they want to put their best foot forward in front of their regular cust. They not only want new business but certainly want to keep the regular customer. Word of mouth is their best and least expensive advertising. Please also try to keep in mind that when a shop makes recommendations about either a correct way to make a repair, replace a tire that is suspect for safety if only patch depending on size of hole and location of hole and type of tire-meaning is it a speed rated tire, always ask for options that they are willing to stand behind with a warranty. They do not want to open themselves up for litigation that is soooo prevalant in todays society so a lot of times repair recommendations are based off of that. Try to go thru these repair help requests on this site and see the responses from the qualified techs here and you can learn from them and understand your vehicle better and when you walk in to your shop needing something you are better educated and better prepared and you will have a fell good feeling instead of the dread of waiting for the next shoe to drop with bad information you don't want to hear. I truly hope you have a better experience the next time you go into a shop. And remember this, if you are uncertain ask us here for FREE help........Good luck.

Awesome ! Thanks for the advice. I like the referral part. Thanks I truly appreciate the help

You are welcome.