I have used America's Tire in MV for several years,
but they have always been sort of dicey, depends
on who happens to work there any given week.
I have decided that from now on it's Tire Rack direct to
Custom Alignment in MV, where they charge a lot to
mount and balance, but you KNOW they are done right
(so far ; -)
Jerry
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
To: "Jim Ochi" <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>
Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "'Jeremy Rine'"
<geratol@hotmail.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for Kumho Tires
> I wasn't very happy with the America's Tire in Mountain View. They
> quoted me $70 for mount and balance over the phone, which they said
> was for balancing on the Hunter GSP9700 machine. When I arrived, they
> tried to increase the price and then mounted and balanced the tires
> with the standard low-budget equipment. The GSP9700 machine was
> broken. In their favor, the tech that put the wheels back on did use
> the torque wrench I brought to torque down the lugnuts.
>
> I have heard more positive things about the America's Tire in San
> Jose. On Brokaw? I don't remember.
>
> Firestone at Wolfe and Kifer in Sunnyvale was cheap and very friendly,
> but the guy had a heck of a time getting the PZeros off and even more
> trouble getting the Kumhos on. I was afraid he was going to break his
> tire levers, they were flexing so much. The result was multiple nicks
> in my rims. He also used an impact wrench on the lugnuts, so I got
> quite a workout taking the wheels off that evening.
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 03:46:38PM -0800, Jim Ochi wrote:
> > They didn't charge me for shipping. I forgot what the mounting/balancing
> > fee was - I think it was something like 15 bucks a wheel, but can't swear
> > to it....
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > At 03:31 PM 1/30/2002 -0500, james creasy wrote:
> > >except for the tax. which is over 50 bucks a set for me. does America's
> > >Tire charge for shipping? how much for mount/balance?
> > >
> > >-james "big tire" creasy
> > >OSP #74
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Jim Ochi" <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>
> > >To: "'Jeremy Rine'" <geratol@hotmail.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:13 PM
> > >Subject: RE: Looking for Kumho Tires
> > >
> > >
> > > > I've had the same experience at America's Tire - they ordered Kumho R
> > >tires
> > > > for me, and matched TireRack's prices. Otherwise, you might want to try
> > > > ADDS (if they're still around...), AIM up at Sears Point, or CUT (Vilven
> > >Tire).
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > At 01:03 PM 1/30/2002 -0800, Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} wrote:
> > > > >Tom at Wheelworks in Sunnyvale was very nice to us and said he could
> > >order
> > > > >Kumhos and anything else you could get from TireRack.
> > > > >
> > > > >Peter
> > > > >
> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >From: Jeremy Rine [mailto:geratol@hotmail.com]
> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:58 PM
> > > > >To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > > >Subject: Looking for Kumho Tires
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >I solved my problem of finding 13" rims, I just need to find some tires
> > >for
> > > > >them. I was going to go for 235/45/13 Kumhos but it looks like they're
> > >on
> > > > >back order until February 10. I was wondering if anyone knows of a
>shop
> > > > >that might still have a set?
> > > > >
> > > > >If not I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Yokohama
>A032R?
> > > > >They are my alternate choice because Hoosiers are just to expensive for
> > >me
> > > > >right now.
> > > > >
> > > > >-Jeremy Rine
> > > > >#12 DSP Now with 13" rims! (I just need the tires)
> > > > >
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>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
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