Happy with car repair

rfuerst911sc · 01-19-2025, 03:53 AM

So plenty of posts out there about shoddy work and being ripped off . This is the opposite . So my wife's Volvo XC90 was due for brakes . With 106,000 miles the rotors were getting thin it was just time . Plus the pads were very messy not wheel friendly at all .

I just didn't want to deal with it . So last week I went to our local small town tire shop and got a quote . Around $830.00 so I made an appointment for Friday the 17th . Dropped the car off Thursday before they closed .

So they installed four new rotors , ceramic brake pads and did a brake fluid flush . They also patched one tire that picked up a metal shard . When they called to say it was ready for pickup I asked to confirm the price as I was paying cash .

He said out the door with tax $750.00 . I was happy . When we picked it up I asked if there were any issues . He said it went exactly as planned . I asked if the pads needed to be " bedded in " and he said already done . Car drove perfect on the way home with braking as straight as an arrow . There are good shops out there . When you find one keep going back .

LWJ · 01-19-2025, 04:45 AM

NICE!

Side comment.

My wife is always disappointed with service people. Cars, appliances, contractors. You name it.

I said to her "who are you comparing their work to?" (Knowing full well, it was ME!)

She didn't say anything. I suggested that she was in fact doing an LWJ comparison. And, that I apparently had a track record of success.

While the comparison makes perfect sense to me. (The fact that I do great work) She wasn't buying it. Darn. Marriage is tough.

Steve Carlton · 01-19-2025, 04:48 AM

Was that Everythingseemsokay Tires in Dahlonega? I've heard good things about them.

rfuerst911sc · 01-19-2025, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Was that Everythingseemsokay Tires in Dahlonega? I've heard good things about them.

Trammell Tire . I have been using them for years for tires and never a problem . My diesel dually is needing brakes on all four will probably have them do that also .

Baz · Baz's Garage

Glad it all worked out, Rick. How it should be.

I had a very positive experience getting new tires on the Volvo recently. Indeed there are good shops out there.

oldE · 01-19-2025, 01:14 PM

I have been dealing with the same small shop for just over 40 years. I have bought 11 vehicles from them in that time and they do the bulk of service work for us. I remember when the current owner was a kid, washing cars in his father's dealership.
I have happily recommended them to friends and family.
Parsons Motors, Middleton, Nova Scotia. Tell them Les sent you.

Best
Les