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Well, now I'm thoroughly annoyed. When I visited Les Schwab on Saturday, my right front tire had a nail in it that (I assume) was causing a slow leak. Not a fast leak, mind you -- I'd noticed it for a week or two, and then when I noticed the nail and was certain it was losing air, I eventually went to fill it up and discovered that it was still just above 30 psi (it's psi isn't it? whatever) so it had gone down from about 38, but it wasn't dangerously low, just enough to be noticeable.
After they "fixed" my tire on Saturday I drove out of the parking lot and I could tell the difference from when I'd driven in -- more air in the tire. But then later on the day I imagined that it was already handling more like it does when the tire isn't at full pressure. But that could be my imagination, right?
Well by this evening the tire was down to less than 20 psi. I had to fill it up again because it might well have been flat by morning. As far as I can tell, the Les Shwab guys only made my leak much worse. I almost wonder if they pulled the nail out and called it good.
The deal with Les Schwab is that they fix tires for free, for anyone, and then you feel guilty and are more likely to buy tires from them in the future. FAILING to fix my tire and making it worse and wasting my time is counter-productive -- now I'm more inclined to buy somewhere else, if it happens to be cheaper.
After they "fixed" my tire on Saturday I drove out of the parking lot and I could tell the difference from when I'd driven in -- more air in the tire. But then later on the day I imagined that it was already handling more like it does when the tire isn't at full pressure. But that could be my imagination, right?
Well by this evening the tire was down to less than 20 psi. I had to fill it up again because it might well have been flat by morning. As far as I can tell, the Les Shwab guys only made my leak much worse. I almost wonder if they pulled the nail out and called it good.
The deal with Les Schwab is that they fix tires for free, for anyone, and then you feel guilty and are more likely to buy tires from them in the future. FAILING to fix my tire and making it worse and wasting my time is counter-productive -- now I'm more inclined to buy somewhere else, if it happens to be cheaper.