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Originally Posted by gmtech79
One thing you fail to realize is other people want these other services and want to know what condition their vehicles is in. I have many customers that ask me to check their vehicle over even though I plan to or have already done so.
No big deal just ask them not to.
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One thing you fail to realize is that in my o.p.
I did state that I told the shop not to check my tire pressures. It's just that people nowadays don't give a f__k - it's just a paycheck and they just nod their heads at whatever the customer says.
Another thing you fail to realize is that a lot of techs - whether in a Valvoline Instant Oil change or even in a dedicated tire store - don't understand the basic principle of the correlation of temperature to tire pressure. Maybe "other people" desire courtesy checkups(tire pressure, wiper blades, levels of all fluids in addition to the ones being changed, lubrication of door/hood/trunk hinges, etc) but these "other people" - as described in my original post - wouldn't know correct tire pressure, or at least "base" tire pressure, if it bit them in the ass! And neither do some of the techs performing this work.
As I said, the incident prompting this post occurred at a Town Fair Tire store that I have patronized since high school - that's over 20 years. Unfortunately a lot of the labor they hire may have geniune hard work ethics but have as much of a clue when it comes to tire pressure as the clerk at the counter in McDonalds! I do not speak for their ability to operate the tire/wheel balancer and how well they do in fact perform their repairs. They perform that work very well under heavy constraints as due to time and due to the cue of cars waiting outside the garage doors.
But when it comes to tire pressures - that's as contentious a topic as liberal vs conservative politics. Perhaps discussion of tire pressure should be banned even from Automotive forums. Or perhaps the admins here could set aside a forum exclusively for discussion of tire pressures and let the s__t fly! LOL. But seriously, it's a very elusive and individual specification. And I prefer to stick *close* to the vehicle mfg's recommendations, albeit 1-2lbs over.
I also try to encourage others to start out with the vehicle placard, and then gradually increase or decrease pressures from that point until they get the ride/handling combo they desire. And I realize that plus-sizing and other after-market mods are going to throw the original vehicle specs out the window, and I understand that.
But for the vast majority of drivers who want to do just that - drive from home to work to home to vacation to home to the relatives house plus an occasional "spirited drive" along a winding state road between cities, and, for the techs who maintain those cars, a basic understanding of tire pressure should be had before even touching a tire.
And because I don't know if the tech servicing my car has that knowledge, I will continue to request that he/she kindly leave my tire pressures the F___K alone. Thank you very much!
