bluesypicky
Enlightened Member
I've always known the "Law" isn't supposed to be correlated to common sense, but sit back, relax and enjoy this ride....
I usually always do my oil changes myself. Never trusted these fast oil change places after hearing (and experiencing) nightmare scenarios of wrong oil type used, filters not changed, seats smothered in axle grease, etc..... But this time it was time for me to rotate my Dunlops on one of my cars, and since Pep Boys is always offering oil change specials including tire rotation, I'm thinking let's get her done so I don't have to pull the jacks and spend half an hour on the driveway, to rotate the tires.
So I drop the car off (yesterday), go run some errands, and about an hour later my phone rings, "your car is ready!". Cool.
Go back to the shop, ask the guy:
-"all done?"
-"Yes sir! You're good to go!"
-"Excellent. Tires rotated?"
-"Actually no. We couldn't do it, as per Florida State Law requiring the tires with the least amount of wear to always be in the rear. We have to measure them, and the ones with the deeper threads go in the back."
-"You've got to be kidding me right?... The whole reason for me to drop the car off WAS TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED! I usually always change the oil myself. So let me get this right: Florida State Law says no front wheel drive car can ever get the tires rotated then (since the front tires WILL ALWAYS BE WEARING OUT FASTER THAN THE REAR, STARTING ON THE DAY I INSTALL BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE CAR!!!!!?.... The whole purpose of tire rotation is to evenly wear the front and back tires, so you're telling me that as soon as the front tires wear out a bit, I have to throw them away because they can't be placed in the rear and replaced with the back tires with a bit less wear on them???!!"
-"I know I'm sorry sir, but it's State Law....blah blah blah....."
-Well I wish you had told me the joke before I dropped the car so I could have gone home, changed the oil and rotated the tires myself, which is now what I have to go do! What a waste of time and money!"
<Nose dive on the counter from the poor bastard not responsible for the non sense but who had to hear it from me>
It is sooooooo stupidly ridiculous, that I almost have trouble believing it to be true, but bottom line: I drove home, pulled the jacks and the impact gun, fired the compressor and rotated the damn tires, all the while thinking: "I'm gonna give you State Law....."
I usually always do my oil changes myself. Never trusted these fast oil change places after hearing (and experiencing) nightmare scenarios of wrong oil type used, filters not changed, seats smothered in axle grease, etc..... But this time it was time for me to rotate my Dunlops on one of my cars, and since Pep Boys is always offering oil change specials including tire rotation, I'm thinking let's get her done so I don't have to pull the jacks and spend half an hour on the driveway, to rotate the tires.
So I drop the car off (yesterday), go run some errands, and about an hour later my phone rings, "your car is ready!". Cool.
Go back to the shop, ask the guy:
-"all done?"
-"Yes sir! You're good to go!"
-"Excellent. Tires rotated?"
-"Actually no. We couldn't do it, as per Florida State Law requiring the tires with the least amount of wear to always be in the rear. We have to measure them, and the ones with the deeper threads go in the back."
-"You've got to be kidding me right?... The whole reason for me to drop the car off WAS TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED! I usually always change the oil myself. So let me get this right: Florida State Law says no front wheel drive car can ever get the tires rotated then (since the front tires WILL ALWAYS BE WEARING OUT FASTER THAN THE REAR, STARTING ON THE DAY I INSTALL BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE CAR!!!!!?.... The whole purpose of tire rotation is to evenly wear the front and back tires, so you're telling me that as soon as the front tires wear out a bit, I have to throw them away because they can't be placed in the rear and replaced with the back tires with a bit less wear on them???!!"
-"I know I'm sorry sir, but it's State Law....blah blah blah....."
-Well I wish you had told me the joke before I dropped the car so I could have gone home, changed the oil and rotated the tires myself, which is now what I have to go do! What a waste of time and money!"
<Nose dive on the counter from the poor bastard not responsible for the non sense but who had to hear it from me>
It is sooooooo stupidly ridiculous, that I almost have trouble believing it to be true, but bottom line: I drove home, pulled the jacks and the impact gun, fired the compressor and rotated the damn tires, all the while thinking: "I'm gonna give you State Law....."
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