Hi, Guest
10-28-2005, 02:37 AM
My story is about how Canadian Tire changed my life!. Everything that I know about cars, I owe to Canadian Tire.
When I was 16 years old I purchased my first car,a 62 Ford Fairlane, I did not know a brake hose from a tie-rod. The brakes failed on my car and I took it to Canadian Tire. They replaced the rear drums,pads and cylinders etc. Fine, but when I drove the car home the car shook so bad I had to pull over. Four out of 5 lug nuts were missing, and the last one was nearly off!!.They had not replaced or tightened them! I learned that ONLY I can care as much about the quality of the work done on my car. I vowed that I would learn everything possible about my cars. To this day I do every possible repair and modification to my cars.
Later in life I owned an 84 Tempo. The car kept stalling and would be hard to start. It stalled near a CT, managing to get it to CT, they did a SCOPE! ($$$$) and found nothing wrong, but concluded that the ignition module was faulty. Fine with me and it was replaced. The car ran fine for about a month, than I had the same symptons. Took it back to CT, they wanted to do a scope again! and charge me more $$$. But unknown to them I had done my research!. I told them that they did a faulty install on the ignition module and I was not going to pay for a scope and a new ignition module. I further told them that 90% of all modules fail because heat sink compound grease has to be applied to the module to prevent over heating! They reluctantly checked the module and guess what , I was correct, and I did not have to pay. They tried to tell me that I would have to pay for a scope! Fat chance!
Even a simple oil change is too much for them. Having a coupon I took the car to CT for an oil change. While waiting I did some shopping and returned to find my car finished and outside. I paid and went to my car to leave. A voice in my head said "Tony, check under the car!", so I looked underneath, and all the engine oil had pooled under the car. They had stripped the drain nut!. Thankfully I did not start the car.
Yes I owe a lot to CT, I have saved thousands of dollars by learning to repair my car myself.
Great place for snow tires etc, but do I always check the lug nuts? you betcha
When I was 16 years old I purchased my first car,a 62 Ford Fairlane, I did not know a brake hose from a tie-rod. The brakes failed on my car and I took it to Canadian Tire. They replaced the rear drums,pads and cylinders etc. Fine, but when I drove the car home the car shook so bad I had to pull over. Four out of 5 lug nuts were missing, and the last one was nearly off!!.They had not replaced or tightened them! I learned that ONLY I can care as much about the quality of the work done on my car. I vowed that I would learn everything possible about my cars. To this day I do every possible repair and modification to my cars.
Later in life I owned an 84 Tempo. The car kept stalling and would be hard to start. It stalled near a CT, managing to get it to CT, they did a SCOPE! ($$$$) and found nothing wrong, but concluded that the ignition module was faulty. Fine with me and it was replaced. The car ran fine for about a month, than I had the same symptons. Took it back to CT, they wanted to do a scope again! and charge me more $$$. But unknown to them I had done my research!. I told them that they did a faulty install on the ignition module and I was not going to pay for a scope and a new ignition module. I further told them that 90% of all modules fail because heat sink compound grease has to be applied to the module to prevent over heating! They reluctantly checked the module and guess what , I was correct, and I did not have to pay. They tried to tell me that I would have to pay for a scope! Fat chance!
Even a simple oil change is too much for them. Having a coupon I took the car to CT for an oil change. While waiting I did some shopping and returned to find my car finished and outside. I paid and went to my car to leave. A voice in my head said "Tony, check under the car!", so I looked underneath, and all the engine oil had pooled under the car. They had stripped the drain nut!. Thankfully I did not start the car.
Yes I owe a lot to CT, I have saved thousands of dollars by learning to repair my car myself.
Great place for snow tires etc, but do I always check the lug nuts? you betcha