oh well, sorry about that. dunno why ive had good luck with them.
that sounds pretty good by berkeley standards though!
james
----- Original Message -----
From: <E911me@aol.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: Another Tire shop in the Bay Area to RUN away from! Orozcos Tires
> Hi all,
>
> So per one of our friend's suggestions, I paid Orozcos Tires to do some
wheel
> work in Berkeley. Needless to say, another horrible experience, it seems
> that Berkeley businesses, for the most part, will never have a service
sector
> to be proud of.
>
> They balanced a set of wheels, or so they claim (I saw them do something),
> and all the way to LA the front wheels shimmy (mind you this car is near
> perfect, and my other set of wheels drove the car perfectly smooth, with
> worse rubber).
>
> Second, I was quoted 5/wheel to get re-balanced, since I was bringing them
> off the car. I get there, they get to the last wheel and say they never
told
> me this (5/wheel). They insist on the 10 dollars and make a big scene and
> keep reminding me to hurry up and leave since "they don't only work for
me"
> while I was asking who it was that told me this quote over the phone more
> than once.
>
> Third, I had to leave my original wheels overnight which they said was
okay.
> Since I headed to LA that day, I had a friend go take care of this (with
an
> SUV). He didn't for some reason on Friday, and when I found out, I
> immediately called Orozcos. They said they sold the wheels (or gave them
> away in one day) and gave me a hard time for trying to get them picked up
> immediately today (needless to say I reminded my friend that this is very
> important to me, since some of the wheels/tires are sold to another fellow
Z
> owner). I started to get very upset and said I'm coming down there and
> taking them away.
>
> They torqued the wheels beyond belief (kept at it with the air gun) upon
my
> request to have them hand torqued to 80 ft*lbs. Needless to say I had
some
> big bar breaking to do to re-torque them that evening.
>
> The list can go on, but I wanted to make clear Orozco's unprofessional
> behaviour and to steer fellow list members to not use them. They were a
> disappointment, and I don't feel any of our fellow's business should be
> wasted at that little ghetto rat hole on San Pablo in Berkeley.
>
> The search still continues for a decent tire shop for wheel needs (I'm not
> asking for that much, I would like a nice price, but I'd prefer to pay
extra
> for quality)...... Sad that 4 places I've tried or heard experiences of
have
> struck out in Berkeley; I'd be willing to go farther, but my car and
schedule
> sometimes dictates having it done locally :(
>
> FWIW,
>
> Salah
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