Walmart Tire & Lube Express

You can’t beat the price anywhere but the service isn’t great. When I first arrived at 11 AM the door was locked. Another customer had to call his wife already inside to let us in. They also got our floor mats filthy. They obviously didn’t bother to wipe off their shoes or put in a floor protector. That stuff should be common sense, shouldn’t it?

Learning that four tires for your economy car will be a minimum of $ 700 is a shock. But that’s what I found out yesterday. I went to a few places and priced around and got quotes from anywhere from $ 626 to $ 1,100. This was much more than I ever paid for tires before but couldn’t get an explanation why.
I drove over to the Wal-​mart to see what — if any — deals they’d have. They didn’t really have any but the service guy filled me in. He couldn’t find the tire in his computer so we went out to my car and he read the tire and said «You’re going to hate me in about 5 minutes». I asked why, he said «Cause these aren’t going to be cheap. It’s ridiculous». I told him I was already past the sticker shock. he gave me a competitive price but not a bargain then he explained why the tires on this particular car were so much.
They had the tires in stock and he gave me a time that it’d be done and then gave me some inside scoop on how to care for them. (My b.s. detector wasn’t going off). He suggested the road hazard and all that and said if I didn’t want to pay I’d be kinda dumb but gave me another tire store he’d suggest. Who does that?
After the work was done he suggested I raise heck with the dealer because the tires while looking like the had a few months of life on them from the outside were completely disintegrating on the inside. «Another long trip and these could have really screwed you,» he told me. This was after I had the work done.
No matter how much you spend (especially when the cost is 2x what you were expecting) you’re going to feel screwed over. I didn’t hear. I felt like the cost was going to be what it was anywhere I went but this guy gave me a bit extra for my money. Nice. I’ll go back to get my oil changes there now.