An old Firestone jingle once proclaimed ""Where the rubber meets the road!"" Firestone was a tire store and only sold and serviced tires. I was too young to own a car at the time, but tires were Firestone's trademark. Nowadays Firestone is practically a full service automotive shop, and seems to be a full service rip-off. You know the type, you read an ad for the repair you want at an affordable price that tends to get overblown for complications that their ace mechanics discover. Of course the ad says in fine print that prices may vary. Yes a basic brake service that probably would have cost a little over $150 ends up getting a $920 estimate! Now comes the good part. Even if you don't want the work done, you still have to pay $20 for the estimate. If it's not a FREE estimate, Firestone makes money off the poor shmucks who just wanted the repair in the ad. Truly Firestone applies the old PT Barnum theory of one born every minute to stay in business. I will never patronize Firestone again and just as soon walk rather than having to put with their rip-off, a-hem, mechanics!
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