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"if one tire repair fails I could be in for replacing a $1500.00 set of tires."
Why? A good tire shop can shave your new tire down to the same diameter as your old tires if necessary.
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. It is very difficult to find any facility that is doing the job 100% correct. I drive a FWD pickup with OEM 20's and if one tire repair fails I could be in for replacing a $1500.00 set of tires. Finding a used tire to match a worn set would be next to impossible. I gotta really do some thinking about whether my next vehicle is gonna be AWD or not. I just put two new Firestones on the front of my other Corolla for $150.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Don't worry, if you paid them cash I have no doubt they will claim it on their taxes to make sure they are giving back to the country. But hey, at least you saved a few bucks. Anyhow, would you experience immensely righteous fulfillment if I conceded to your condescending suspicions? I read that somewhere  Boy, somebody is awfully touchy about their 'Meskin tire shops. Interesting thing is, I've been here more'n thirty years and they were already an old business when I got here. Same thing with the body shop. The tire shop is open 7 days a week, always busy. Didn't use them for years, always went to the big chain tire stores, then one day I needed a flat fixed quick. Been buying all our tires there for about 20 years. I may have been too quick to judge. I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong. I assumed they were like all of the 'Meskin tire shops around here that only accept cash. They'll operate for a few years, close shop, then reopen in the same location with a new name.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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If we took away the incentive for them to be here we'd save $$$ billions by not having to build a wall and patrol the border. Just saying. I don't understand encouraging them to come for cheap labor then build a wall to keep 'em out. Ainโt gonna try and defend it. I will say that around here who is a Mexican Mexican and who is an Mexican American can be hard to tell. Itโs like 80% Hispanic here.. Pretty sure an American kid changed that valve this morning. As manual labor goes it doesnโt seem to be a bad job. The labor sits in the shade and waits for business, Iโm pretty sure they are paid on a per-task basis. Seems like if one guy is tired he sits back and let his buddy take the job.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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I may have been too quick to judge. I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong. I assumed they were like all of the 'Meskin tire shops around here that only accept cash. They'll operate for a few years, close shop, then reopen in the same location with a new name. No biggie, this is the only Meskin tire shop Iโve been to, other than maybe nine months back I had a tire come apart near Corpus and bought a $30 used tire to get home. That one was run by a heavily-tattooed Mexican kid scrambling to make a living in a small town, pretty sure he was American.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Some of those Mexican families in San Antonioโs west side may have come over recently but a lot of them have been here for 100+ years. My in laws both grew up inthe west side and theyโre families have been in the us since before 1900
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Some of those Mexican families in San Antonioโs west side may have come over recently but a lot of them have been here for 100+ years. My in laws both grew up inthe west side and theyโre families have been in the us since before 1900 Ya, I've been pointing that out on occasion to folks here who seem to assume one Hispanic is necessarily the same as another. Come to think about it, on the deep West Side there's a bunch of really old-looking automotive-related small businesses.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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