Close call with the car inspection

[judecorp]

I went to get the car inspected today, since the end of the month is, you know, a couple of days from now. I decided to go to the fancy-looking Dorchester Tire instead of the Five Brothers place in Ashmont that I went to last year, partly to inquire about tires since the ones we have now are basically totally bald.

So I go in and I pay the money for the inspection, and the Nice Guy Behind The Counter calls me Jennifer because the car is registered to her. And I ask him, while waiting for the car, "Hey, how much would it cost for some tires for my crappy little car?" He laughs, quotes me a price, and tells me not to call the car crappy if it gets me from here to there. I tell him I'll start saving my pennies.

Not two minutes later, the Nice Man Doing My Inspection comes in and I hear him muttering to NGBTC, "Can you come check out these tires for me?" in hushed tones.

NGBTC promptly comes back and tells me that our tires are terrible (which I know) and that they're terrible enough to cause us to fail inspection. But that he KNOWS that I'm going to get new tires really soon since I already asked about it, and gives me the keys to my newly-inspected car.

To which I reply, "OKAY, THANKS, BYE!!!" and duck into the car before he changes his mind.

Comments

[snack.livejournal.com]

that was very cool of him. now don't put off those tires too long - we don't want our jude driving around unsafely. we like safe judes. yes.

safe.

[ktmcda.livejournal.com]

yeah. get them right away.

glad you found a nice mechanic.
I miss my super nice mechanic. (he quit)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

He was just a counter-guy, but he was very nice. I need a nice actual mechanic. Besides scirocco, who likes to fix our car (for free).

[lorac.livejournal.com]

I have an excellent mechanic in JP center. Patrick at West Cork Auto. He is fabulous, but doesn't do tires so he wouldn't be terribily helpful in the current situation.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, tires are pretty easy because you just go to a tire place. We've been calling around to see who's the cheapest.

[hoo.livejournal.com]

For comparison, Tirerack.com has these Kumho Touring Plus 732s at 4 for $180 delivered, then another ~$80 to get them mounted on your wheels and have the old tires disposed of back at your auto shop.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. We ended up going to Ashmont Tire and got two tires mounted in like 10 minutes for $120. Not too shabby.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We're actually planning to get some this weekend. We've been meaning to get some new tires for several weeks, actually, but we've been doing too much running around.