The time was 7:15am. It was a beautiful sunny Monday morning in February. My car keys were in one hand while my lunch and coffee were in the other hand. The birds were chirping and I was in a great mood after a wonderful Yelp brunch on Saturday and the Super Bowl on Sunday. But as soon as I left my home and walked out to my car, all of the happiness quickly diminished as one of my tires was flat!
Without hesitation, I got on my hands and knees and put my donut spare tire on my Honda. Come find out that a nail punctured through my right front tire. After a little bit of elbow grease, I then went to my phone and searched for a "used" tire shop somewhere close to my home. Low and behold I found "Cheap Tires" located right off of Business 80 and Marconi Ave. in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento.
Now keep in mind, prior to coming here, this place only had ONE Yelp review and no pictures to use to my advantage. This would be enough of a legitimate reason NOT to come here but I used my gut instincts and wishful thinking that this would be an optimistic choice. As soon as I pulled into the lot (which was around 8am), a young man greeted me and saw that I was in desperate need of getting my flat tire replaced.
After further examining my other tires, there was another tire that had fairly bald tread on it. It was one of my original Michelin brand tires that I had already put over 50,000 miles on it. I was thinking to myself, how much do used tires go for these days? $50? $70? I have a fairly small car that only uses 14" tires so it shouldn't cost too much. Well, the guy said he'd be able to hook me up with TWO used tires for only $50 + tax!
I acknowledged him a big smile as he was able to put my Honda up on the rack and install the two used tires on my car. And these were not any old generic tires; I actually got Kumho brand tires that still had about 70% tread on them. And best of all, I was not charged a disposal fee for the old tires that I had. For these prices and exceptional service, I was on the road and off to work by 8:30am.
I wish more places in town were like "Cheap Tires". Many small business owners try to do anything they can to squeeze every last penny out of customers but I did not witness this at all after shopping here. Keep in mind, I do have fairly knowledgeable experience dealing with automobiles and I know a shady business when I see it. But the guys here (which I am thinking are a father and son team) really made this experience well worth it! So thank you "Cheap Tires" as I will definitely come back here for my tire needs! read more