Today I went in to get my wheels balanced on my car. Normally, that would not be big news but this is the 3rd time in 10 DAYS!!
Thats right. 3 TIMES IN 10 DAYS!! This was at National Tire and Battery.
The first time, I went in for a rotation and a balance. I figured why not, it's been 15,000 miles since I got the tires and they need balanced anyways so lets let the other guy crack those lug nuts.
Anyways, I go in there and they rotate and balance and I drive home. I'm not more than 2 miles from the shop and I hear a noise in my wheel wells like when a rock hits up inside your wheel well. I immediately notice the car start to vibrate a little. I thought maybe it was just a rock stuck in my tire or something because the vibration was not that bad. I had to work and finally made it back down there on Monday. I told them what happened and they rechecked the front wheels. They rebalanced again and everything was fine. I figured that it was just a bad weight they stuck on the wheel and it was no big deal.
Then yesterday, I drove to Dayton. (about 200 miles there and back) By the time I got back, the car was shakin' worse than when I took it back the 2nd time.
This time I was pissed. I went back into NTB and told them that one of the front and one of the back wheel weights were missing after only 48 hours. I went in there and pretty much made a scene. They put me in front of 15 people (to probably shut me up) and stuck my car on the rack.
Anyways, every tire was missing at least one weight. One tire on the back had no balancing weights on it at all. I looked at one of the weights that was on one of the rims still and it was for a Honda rim. I took the weight off with my bare hand. It literally fell off the rim.
I can't understand why it would take 3 trips to the tire store and 4 different technicians to balance my tires and none of them noticed that they were using Honda weights and not aftermarket weights? They didnt even notice it, I DID !!
What a bunch of idiots.
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