Well I can't remember a time I didn't need tires for any car I've ever owned. (That goes for brakes as well). Lucky me I married a man whose a jack of all trades, however he's not really a mechanic, but has the basic knowledge of accessing the needs of a vehicle - as most men have the natural instincts that most of us woman don't have.
In saying that, it was that time again to replace yet another tire and we never have the budget to replace all 4 of them new. I went to my trusty ole Yelp app to find us a place - a decent/honest used tire place, since we're no longer in the vicinity of East Los or Whittier for that matter, I was crossing my fingers we'd find one & him be satisfied with it. Well I did see others that were cheaper (and there's always an underlying reason as to why...."Hello, didn't I just replace a tire a couple months ago?" (yes, used) - you pay nada, you get nada. So I read the reviews on here and showed my husband, & they were nearby we live, he went for it.
Rolled up on a busy Saturday, only to be in for a surprise, we didn't have to wait, they quoted us right away, our guy that helped was Sam (& Gus who took off the tires), and Sam suggested we should just get all four, (honestly, looking at all four, you could tell they were all crappy used tires & that they'd eventually all flatten out)., so he quoted us a good price and we went for it. The whole time we were there, it made us feel like we were getting the royal treatment (this for used tires too, which by the way looked close to new), and the 15 year old jalopy we were driving in (granted it's a Toyo Camry-you give them TLC, they give you life long loyalty).
While we stood waiting, decided to pay and got rang up fast by nice friendly gentlemen, (darn, I didn't get his name, he didn't have a name tag, but he was friendly helpful gentlemen). Saw the waiting area which was decent, considering most waiting areas at any automotive place are usually dark, stuffy, dirty and unpleasant because everyone's waiting around staring at each other miserable. Didn't have that here, because they were right on it w/everyone's needs.
Looks like will be bringing back our van here too! Saw Air Conditioning somewhere, we will have to ask about that, since the vans A/C doesn't work and it's excruciating driving it anytime it's past 70 degrees.
Well we drove out happy, car felt smooth, since I wouldn't know what it's like to drive smooth or for that matter in a new car in over God knows how many years, but I guess it doesn't take much to make us happy, and that's exactly how we felt knowing they took care of us, didn't rip us off, and got us back out & about in no time.