Add another $800
My morning and afternoon were consumed by my car. My beloved Argento needed its PAinspection and emission stickers, but I made the fatal mistake to take it to Firestone.
Four weeks ago, my local Mazda dealership inspected my car and only found that I will need to replace my tires in a few months. I kept that in mind knowing that winter will kick my rear. Two months before that, I passed my Mazda 9,000-point, 30,000-mile inspection and checkup.
Today, Firestone treated my 4-year-old car like it was a lemon. They wanted me to get new brakes, new rotors and new tires — all things they said would need to be replaced in four months, but they decided to fail me anyway. I have 10 days to get all that done.
Luckily, I have preset hatred for all things Firestone, going five years back when I was driving a 12-year-old Ford Festiva. I knew not to give these clowns my car to install tires, especially when this particular set decided that I could drive around town with two different state license plates and two states worth of stickers on my windshield.
I got the brakes and rotors done for about $350, but the tires are going to Pep Boys — $100 cheaper and of better quality than Firestone — but at most $420.
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