How do you find a shop that won't scam you? For the things you can't practically do yourself. >Selling old car with extra old set of wheels>Walk across street to local garage>"How much to just pop 4 tires off the wheels?">"$145"
Word of mouth is the only wayMaybe try google maps, but I heard one can artificially inflate the reviews there
>>28935778145 sounds okay for 4 tires. Last time I needed tires off swapped it was about the same and that was a few years ago.
>>28935805>$145 for a 4 minute task, yup checks outMake it make sense.They're not even on the car. I live across the street and was going to roll them over.
>>28935856Should also specify I guess.No new tires mounted.No balance.Just remove tire from rim X4.
>>28935801I need to make friends with an old timer who wants to pass on his wrenching knowledge.Will anyone take pity on this poor retarded wrenchlet?
Check pca. My pca has a lost of trusted mechanics
>>28935778Go to a "U-Wrench" garage and do it yourself. There aren't many mechanics left, just parts replacers.
>>28935856it's a fuck off price. they don't want to bother with it, so they're giving you an artificially high price to make it worth their while. maybe they're really busy, idk. alternatively, you may have autismoed the question so they didn't understand that you only want 4 tires dismounted from rims that are not on a vehicle, and literally nothing else. that price point is about right for an actual swap plus mount/balance
>>28935778$150 to remove and mount 4 tires + balance is about right.That's what it costs these days Shit is expensive.Tire changers are reaching $10,000+ for commercial units.
>>28936548>>28936746Nah I don't tism out when I'm speaking french.I was very explicit about only needing tires removed from a set of wheels, nothing else.I've seen them much more busy, it was pretty empty when I went in the middle of the day.I know it was obviously a fuck off price.That's why I'm wondering how to find a decent place. Do it yourself garage seems to be the way. Found one not far away that has lifts and tool rentals.
>>28936799If you only need a tire removed and that's it, shops charge around $10 a pop.$140 for removing old tires, installing new ones + a balance is normal.
>>28935778Pure luck my friend. >local garage>send car>they mess up easy things >never go there again >new people come in the same garage >send car >they do a great job, fix things they noticed without asking or charge, great to talk to, share they enjoy working on something that isnt the average car Its a great feeling when it happens.
>>28936799with 10 changes per day a $10k unit could be paid off in 2 weekscommercial units last decadesmechanics are thieving fagg*ts simple as
>>28936823How many weeks to pay off rent, utilities, insurance, worker's comp, payroll taxes, etc?
>>28936823Not that simple anon.Everything is expensive.Most states tax businesses by the value of their equipment for example.Employees have 401k matching.Insurance Medical.
>>28936807>around $10 a popGreat anecdote. Obviously not this place.>>28936820I'll try and go by word of mouth in future.Aside from my brother who doesn't live in the city, I don't know anyone else with a car. Retarded choice on my part to live where I do.
>>28936930I literally had a used tire shop remove four tires for 35 bucks last month.If you were quoted like a hundred plus dollars, they probably misunderstood what you were trying to say. Given the Tism this place has, that's understandable.
>>28936939No, it was just a fuck off price. Didn't think it was necessary to specify here but I only had 3 wheels. It wasn't even a full set. Just remove the tires from these three old wheels.
>>28936939This place wasn't a tire shop either. Just a very small local garage.
>>28935801>Word of mouth is the only wayThis. Found mine through my friend who went through much suffering on his own. They're good honest boys, and I can rely on them when I don't have time to do shit myself. They are also exceptionally reasonable for leak and gasket work that I hate doing. Still swapping my own radiator hoses and flushing my 383 this weekend...
>>28935778>>"How much to just pop 4 tires off the wheels?"i went to a shitty looking used tire place in the bad part of town and he charged me $40 to unmount + mount some trailer tires (no balancing)went to a franchise shop close to home to mount new tires on new wheels and balanced them for $50 under the table, i guess it was the shop supervisor just asked if i could do $50 cash so i said sureif you don't know anyone then it's just luck, you'll have to find the 'good' places on your own
>>28936807>installing new ones + a balanceMy local shop does $23 a wheel, and that includes the tire disposal fee. I think it's kinda a loss leader like their oil changes, though. Their regular work is still super reasonable.
>>28937001>>28937002Autism speaks. That doesn't mean people are going to understand you.
fucking hate paying people for their labour fucking scammers
>tfw my mechanic of over 15 years disappeared one day when i went down there>found out later from a nearby shop he went nuts and divorced his wife and moved to an island somewhere>every other shop nearby is either fancy or scummy, he was my perfect in-between>he wasn't super CHEAP, but still well priced, cheaper than everyone else, and was honest, and would let me pay cash for a discount and supply my own partsThe absolute worse place you can go for work is a dealership, followed by a big chain/franchise. Avoid those like the plague.I got so put off by everything I ended up just buying 1 good new car, and have reduced my hobby cars down to just 1 also. I did eventually become sort-of friends with a guy who used to be a mechanic, but he is quite busy with work and life and other friends and lives about an hour away so I can only really ask him to do stuff maybe once a year or so, and even then I save it for major shit so I don't waste his time. I can ofcourse do small stuff.
>>28937209>and even then I save it for major shit so I don't waste his timeOr I guess I mean so I don't piss him off asking him every other week hey can you do this or this or this. You know what I mean? I don't want him to think I'm just using him.
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>>28937205I mean, yeah? I'd always rather do it myself.Doesn't matter if it's mending my own clothes or cooking my own food. Having someone else to do it for you often means paying more for less.
I don't get why you keep doubling down against the real possibility that the fucking tech (or worse, the receptionist) misunderstood the request at the height of tire switching season
>>28935778If you don't have garage space for it and REALLY want to pinch pennies, just return it when you're done.
>>28935856>>28936548Sounds about a normal price. They may strongly include the balance until you make them understand that you understand that you do not want to. I do not think it is a fuck off price but it is also unrealistic to change a regular price when the customer needs are to get rid of the car. I have some xp around tire shops. They have all learned lessons with customers refusing balance and blaming them when the wheels fall off or the warranty is rejected because the shop takes it up the ass from the distributor otherwise.>>28935856All kinds of stupid crap has to be passed on to customers in order to keep the lights on. People complain about it costing 6k to bury or burn a corpse. But you gotta pay a guy to be there answering the phone, even when people aren’t dying within range, every minute of the day.>>28935778One way to know they’re at least half honest is that they show you the scrap and packaging for replacement parts. I do not know how many do that but, I always have shown the evidence.
>>28937308You will fuck up plenty before it saves much but, definitely if you do a lot of them.
