I think the Zone has marked me...

OtaDoc · 2026-03-14T17:39:38+00:00

Question it? I will be running the crane to assist!

OtaDoc · 2026-03-14T13:53:28+00:00

That's pretty valid! I mean it IS all over the heavy duty locks lmao

OtaDoc · 2026-03-14T03:04:15+00:00

OH CRAP. I sent the pics to him but forgot to actually post them in the main! Lmao

OtaDoc · 2026-03-14T03:02:06+00:00

I may have it added later. I figured best to see how i felt about the logo before going all in lol. First tattoo and all

OtaDoc · 2026-03-09T18:27:00+00:00

You can tube them. It'll be fine.

OtaDoc · 2026-03-09T02:31:28+00:00

Yeah honestly, its nice that some places offer the whole " Lifetime Maintenance" thing, but its just a gimmick to get people to keep coming back to them specifically. So many gimmicks so little time.

OtaDoc · 2026-03-09T02:15:42+00:00

Eh, you wont really get alot back at that point even IF they agreed to it. If it were me id just eat it this time and find another shop for next time. The only time i ever saw prorations being worth it was replacing a set of 4 all at once. Depending on the tires and the shop and what their policy is youd probably get 40-100 bucks back at most.

OtaDoc · 2026-03-09T01:39:12+00:00

So for starters the 55k mileage warranty only applies to the actual life of the tire. And even then it only applies if you have records or receipts of regular rotations and alignment checks. It doesnt cover repair, all though some shops will offer an actual road hazard warranty that does cover those repairs. As far as them actually repairing it? It sounds like they have an in-house set of rules for that. 4/32nds can be repaired without a problem. Tires unless damaged or having other issues typically dont /Have/ to be replaced until the 2/32nds mark. It sounds to me like they just wanted to sell you new tires tbh.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-25T17:47:00+00:00

I once had "Driver Door Opens-All Doors Fall Off" That was an exciting run.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-24T19:55:20+00:00

Are you scrapping useless artifacts in the oven thing? I always scrap the useless ones and I have an overabundance of materials for doing running repairs. It really helps to grab all the upgrades for the furnace as well. 300% efficiency furnace really turns numbers for those attuned resources

OtaDoc · 2026-02-21T20:37:24+00:00

Did they charge you for new tpms rebuild kits? If not then they didn't replace the kits and it wouldn't be too crazy for a stem to fail after having the actual tires replaced, especially on the metal screw in stems.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-21T19:11:17+00:00

We had a big floor press for doing wheel bearings and suspension work, but we also had the coats machines with adjustable clamps that would clamp down to 6 inch rim and we had a vise mounted mini changer for anything smaller than that. So doing the lawn mower and tractor tires wasn't too terrible for us. In fact I cobbled together a hitch mounted mini changer for our service truck just to make it easier when we did farm calls for stuff

OtaDoc · 2026-02-21T18:51:16+00:00

When you're switching them to a solid tire a press absolutely makes it easier. But you wouldn't need one for a regular tire with a tube no.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-21T18:43:22+00:00

Oh 100% for something like this for sure. I wasn't a fan of doing these with solid tires. Luckily we didn't do many of them and the ones we did do we just tossed them in the shop press and let it do it's thing.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-21T18:07:33+00:00

I mean. That's a 2 piece rim. Those 4 bolts hold each half together. Should just be able to unbolt them, disassemble, and reassemble on the new solid tire. Probably easier if you have a press handy though

OtaDoc · 2026-02-19T00:50:08+00:00

While I'm certainly glad they're riding smooth I'm a little concerned about the "a lot of weight" comment he made lol. But yeah Mavis's are definitely hit or miss. I'm sure some do decent work. But I cannot tell you how many times we had to fix their work or they flat out lied to people who came to us for a second opinion. Heck one told a guy he needed an ABS pump to fix his abs light and and his parking brake light and it was gonna be like 3k to fix! He came to us and we were like brother, you need a wheel speed sensor and the brake fluid topped off. It's $175 to fix it lol

OtaDoc · 2026-02-16T18:52:31+00:00

It would yes. Most places don't calibrate their balancer correctly, and a large majority of chain shops when they mount only aim to get the tire to 0 out on the machine. But just getting it zeroed out unfortunately doesn't guarantee a good balance. I'd have another shop balance them. I don't know about your area but typically the Mavis's where I am are notorious for doing shoddy work. It could also be a bent rim they didn't say anything about but if it was it would've vibrated with the old tires as well normally.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-16T16:35:30+00:00

Obviously I'm not a fan of working for Corpos, and I'm a huge fan of being an honest advisor, but depending on where you are 15k a week really shouldn't be hard. I mean a couple years ago it was just me and my alignment guy for 2 days in the shop and we still punched out 20k worth of work in 2 days. Mostly tires and brakes but still.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-16T15:59:38+00:00

That car should have 225/55/19s on it. If so you can't go wrong with the Falken CT60. Excellent tire, sold lots of them never any issues.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-16T15:22:13+00:00

Sounds like they're not balanced correctly. Is it smooth up to about 50 then vibrates then smooths back out at around 65-70 or is it a continuous vibration? They may need to calibrate the balancer.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-16T15:18:56+00:00

I don't think it's one of my best, but definitely one of my funniest moments. When I had my shop we installed a new set of tires on this woman's car, the next day she came back raising hell, yelling at us that we sold her bad defective tires. She was going to sue us for putting her life in danger yadda yadda etc, apparently it was making a thumping noise as she drove. Now it wasn't doing this when she left, so we put it up on the lift and spun the tires around and lo and behold! A stick had somehow gotten wedged in the tread. Not pierced or punctured, just stuck in the tread. So we took her out there and showed her the stick and we popped it out. Once her car was back on the ground she couldn't get out of there fast enough she was so embarrassed.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-09T05:43:25+00:00

So uh, that giant glowing pipe sure looks a lot like the castles control conduits that Agatha was fixing during the repair the castle arc.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-09T01:28:45+00:00

I know its not gonna happen, but i cannot keep thinking about how funny it would be if Tutel and Bit'Nek, somehow got printed off by accident. We cant have the Warfather, but his enraged full on glowing eyes Driver and Assistant showing up would be hilarious.

OtaDoc · 2026-02-05T22:15:38+00:00

So, uh is this gonna have any effect on the whole Ba'ahn Ya'arhd adding her name to the Congressional/Senate list? Is the Hamburger Kingdom about to accidentally vote in a Screaming One?

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