i walk in to buy a new tire and they tell me 170 I say okay I also want my tire balanced he says 191 I go okay. they taking off my tires and he tells me I need another new tire I said no I don't just put it on the way it was. so im on the phone and he pulls me over and tells me I need new brakes(im getting pist the fuck off now cause I know they trying to rip me) so I tell him no I dont just put my tires on. do I really need new brakes at 8500 h.w. miles? I don't brake a lot. or was he trying to get money? so im pist I go down the street to another tire shop he tells me 140 for the same tire so I go back to the guy tell him take off the tire I can get it cheaper and he lowered the price. but do i really need new brakes?

 

My OEM pads lasted till 38,000 miles....and I do almost all city driving....with a lot of braking from high speeds.

 

^^^ Walk in confidence, especially in NYC shops.. Show them that you know exactly why are you there...otherwise...they will rip you off...


And hell no you don't need new brakes... 8500 miles? Common

 

thats what im saying.. my civic brakes last me about 18000 miles..

 

what tire shop?

 

Brakes on my last car lasted me at least 35K miles.
This car i got 16K and they're still strong.
WTH you people doing? Road racing on weekends?

 

my brakes are fine.. its just them trying to make money. i dont road race..

 

some tire shop on Webster ave across the street from white castles its the biggest tire/rim shop on Webster.. I see you from westchester. what part? I work at Morgan Stanley in westchester.

 

dude if its a type s and u have brembos the pad meat is smaller than a normal pad if so those assholes shouldnt even be touching ur car. mine lasted 40k last time i did a change

 

Man, thats ridiculous... I just turned 70K on my factory pads/rotors on my 06 TL and my brakes are just starting to give. But I am extremely impressed with the amount of life I've gotten out of the stock setup. 70K miles with 90% of it being highway miles.

 

^ 70K?!?!? Do you wind brake? Chute pops out from the trunk?

Awesome lol

 

i have a base 08 and all they did was put a new tire on. i wouldnt let them touch my car fuck that..

 

lol, i can't explain it man.. and I feel as though i brake pretty hard too... But yeah, they are just starting to give so I am on the market for new rotors and pads..

I've had the BEST luck with this car. The ONLY thing I've replaced was the stock tires, and even those lasted me thru 50K! But no other maintanance what so ever other then routine oil changes!! The last time I was at the dealer was the day I picked up the car. Lets hope that luck continues!

Extremely satisfied customer here!

 

i have 53k on my 04 and still wit da same pads car came with... lookin 2 change them soon... when i get my rotors

bro they wanted to hit u on da head in the Bx, tu ta loko

 

"tu ta loco" lmao lol yeah they wanted to sell me 2 tires when i went in there for one. then he wanted to change my brakes lol stupid ass mutha f***ers

 

Actually its not uncommon to recommend that at least 2 tires be changed when needing to changing only one if there is going to be a significant difference in tread wear between the new and old tire. Now if the other tires were fairly new you could forgo it.

It is a common practice at shops to recommend stuff. If it were truely dangerous most likely they would have made you sign something or at least informed you that they were not liable if anything happened since they informed you.

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nice i think i know where u are tlaking about. im in yonkers

 

wait you talkin about the one directly infront of the webster exit of the 95... that tire shop sucks bro.... you lucky they didnt take a chunk out of your lip

 

i think i dont know. its a big tire/rim place. im about to go look at my rims lips right now. brb with info.

 

rims are good....

 

yea, im running strong with 50k on my originals I am looking to do Hawks soon, they were looking for a quick buck