FishOnOne wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
Sooo, in my 8 years up here in the PNW, generally had pretty good luck with Schwabs. Lots of fleet vehicles, so plenty of truck tires, brakes, patch a loader tire at 1am stuff.
Last night I drop off my company pickup AFTER calling earlier in the day to confirm they could do what I needed. Shocks, brake pads (maybe rotors but likely not), oil change, balance and rotate tires (Schwab Toyos).
Guy calls me this morning to go thru the work needed. Shocks/struts, 1 blown 1 leaking, check. Brakes, pads low on both axles, check.
Rotate and balance, check. We don't do oil changes! WTF? Guy yesterday said no problem....ok whatever.
How much? Shocks/struts, $900 something, ok good. Brakes? $2100!
Again WTF? Sir we only replace ALL components. Pads, caliper and we will see if it needs rotors...
Huh? It's a 3 year old truck, no need for calipers. Sorry that's our policy.....
Gd@mmit. Now I gotta make like 3 separate service appointments. 1 for the shocks 1 for the brakes and probably 1 for the oil change separate.
And to boot, drove my personal truck to work and clipped a limb that was sagging and cut off protruding into the shoulder, smashed my passenger side mirror at 6am in the fog.....
Les Schwabs can kiss my @ss.
Anyone know who else sipes tires in the Seattle area? That's the only need I'd have to go back there. Since they now won't mount non Schwab tires either.
You could of had all that done at a GM dealer. Not sure about the siping part since we don't have that service here.
Just an fyi for a cost comparison I had a brake service performed on my truck today which included brake pads, clean and lubricate calipers, rotors turned and brake fluid flushed for $1,200 at a Ford dealer. I also purchase tires from this same dealer as they will price match Discount Tire. One stop shopping is the best way to go.
Yup, except I’m not in TX. I have dealers do some work too, lots of fleet trucks.
Last quote I got for the shocks from the dealer while my truck was there 8 weeks for a new trans was , wait for it, $1400! Different dealer got me $700+ for oil change, trans service and dump n fill on the axles and t case. That was after the $100 “ we bent you over and did ya dry” discount! I think they had a different term for it but that’s what I recalled hearing,lol!
Around seattle here, oil changes on a gas pickup truck at the Jippo lube places are $130-140. Hard to get a fair deal around here except at private shops that you know. But they’re not usually convenient. Especially for the company trucks.
