Mr. Tire
200 Davis Dr.
Sterling Virginia 20164
U.S.A.
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Mr. Tire Mr. Tire charged $900 and destroyed my engine! Sterling Virginia
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THESE GUYS ARE CROOKS. They charged me over $900 in the Summer of '08 to repair my intake gasket, which I admit is a proper fee.
HERE IS MY COMPLAINT: I didn't learn until later after my engine had blown and after I had sold my car to a mechanic for scrap that Mr. Tire's workmen had filed down the gasket rim, causing metal shavings to enter the engine compartment. When I complained, the manager Ron Jones said his "ASE" mechanic would not have performed such underhanded work and that they were not responsible for my car.
No one else could have caused this! What are the odds my engine would blow only three weeks after the "repair" (which independent mechanics say was the cause of my engines death) while casually driving down the highway?! It doesn't take a genius to do the math here. Between the value of the car and the cost of the shoddy workmanship I paid for at Mr. Tire, I am out about $5000. These guys stunk when they were Craven Tire and they stink now as Mr. Tire. CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!
James
Sterling, Virginia
U.S.A.
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#1 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Somonetoblamejohn - Canon City (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, November 23, 2008
POSTED: Sunday, November 23, 2008
Actually it could be something else .... A leaking intake gasket can leak antifreeze into the the engine oil. Coolant is a very poor lubricant causing the bearings in the low half of the engine to grind, hence the metal fragments..... It is much more likely that this caused your engine to fail..... than the interesting but misguided conspiracy theory that it was malicously done by the mechanic. By the way, being a pavlov kind of guy, what do you think was in it for him to put these metal fragments in your engine?
