surprise!

[sidspencer]

so this morning i dropped my car off at u-mazda for some routine maintenance, only to have them strongly suggest i do my 30k right now. so that drove up the price like wheaux, only to have them then call me and say that my tires were about to blow and i had a serious alignment problem. e suggested (rightly so) that i get the tires somewhere else,

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[xaotica]

i know nothing about cars. but i always try to get a second opinion about pricy stuff because i've had car places try to suggest that i pay large amounts to fix stuff that wasn't really broken multiple times. one place said that i had a faulty battery and needed to buy a new one. my dad took the battery to sears and tested it and it was fine.

[dan10things]

Costco is pretty cheap for tires, that's where I got 'em last, I think it was under $400 installed. And they should fix any alignment problems as part of installing new tires.

[anonymous]

definitely get a second opinion.

you don't really need to do an oil change more than once a year anyway if you don't drive a lot.

get the tires and alignment checked at les schwab.

[obomb]

this was me doh