Went in today to a local wheel & tire shop for a quick tire rotation. The shop has a window that lets customers see inside the garage, so I decided I'd watch while they worked. Everything seemed normal at first, but when they were finished I noticed they the guy left one of my hub caps off. I figured they would put it back on eventually but then the he got in my car and I saw the white reverse lights come on with the hubcap right behind the back tire. I quickly dashed to the door but it was too late, the guy backed over my hubcap.(with both tires) I saw the whole thing happen and in my mind it was like one of those slow-mo movie scenes. Needless to say I was ____ed, but the shop said they would buy me a new one asap. I know it’s just a hubcap but it was MY hubcap, watching someone crush it with my own car made me feel like someone just punched me in the stomach. This xA is my first car and I love it, so my reaction would probably seem silly to someone older and on their 6th car.

So by now you know that I like to complain, but the only thing I enjoy more is hearing others complain. Anyone else got some interesting mini-horror stories?

 

i like to grab carts where i park and throw them all over the lot so they stay the hell away from my car. sometimes they hit other cars, but at least mine is safe.

 

I'm hoping you're not serious.

 

bad karma

 

One time I saw a woman push a shopping cart across a busy parking lot because she was too lazy to walk her cart to a rack. Two seconds after she let go of her ghost ridden cart a cart pushed by the wind hit her truck. Karma is real.

 

Karma definitely is real.

I enforce it.

 

Someone at school wanted to be an a$$ and be funny and take off my hub caps and leave them on my hood. i then went outside, checked for scraches, put them back on and then threatened to kill him (and smash his windows) of i ever saw him come within 30 ft of my car. he pretended to not be offended, but he never waked by my car again. and i shoved a water bottle in his exhaust. dont mess w/ the box. period.

oh and i dont let anyone drive my car, not even my other family members. look with your eyes not with your hands.

 

one time i ran over a deer and it caused $2500 in damage

 

driving to school one morning, half awake, when a 18 wheeler tire appeared in my lights, reaction time was to slow, clipped it with the passanger side of the car, went airborn. I listened for leaking air or draging parts, only got a cracked front lip.

 

hehe, for a second there i thought you said "cats" instead of "carts". Although i do hope your just joking. I've walked out of stores to find carts next to my car, i wouldnt want to do that to someone else unless i knew they deserved it.

 

u make it sound like YOU went airborn! i was like WHOAH but i read it again and the TIRE went airborn, not you! whew!

 

lol, no, my box got the air, no idea about the tire, once i hit it, i was all over the road, It passanger side of the car might have been the only side that got air, scared the crap out of me, and the rest of the 2 hr trip i was wide awake!!!

 

tahts just an excuse to pocket the $50 bux for the new hubcap and buy a set of wheels and tell them to take back thier tires and swap them for some 17 or 18" ones to fit your new wheesls you buy ... i used to manage retial auto cetners for a nation wide company.. .ive seen it all... unfortunalty #$&*# happens

 

i dont think you could get rims out of that...

and YOU went airbourn? i wanna se that!!!

 

lol.. last time i took my car to teh shopi used to manage.. hardly anyone i know still wroskt here.. first hting the guy does. is pull the car in and hit the front whels and drives OVER the edge of the rack.. my heart stopped.. thank god i have BFG g force sport tires wthat are reinforced with extra steel so it actually resisted that sharp edge and dint do anything.. but god i hate that feeling.. id do everything myself if my apartmanager would let me install a lift in my carport

 

Ive had my box airborn.....Rally Scion, yes airborn, hard to imagine.

 

if you threw cats, now carts, you wouldn't let the carts hit other Scions would you??

 

Time for rims! =D

 

All this stuff about karma and throwing cats...



Tom

 

Update: Ok, time for an update. Before I didnt want to say the name of the company because mistakes happen and I didnt give them a bad rep for one problem. But now I just dont care, its Discount Tire Co. 5940 West I-20
Arlington, TX 76017. I suggest everyone in that area avoid these people.

After a calling them day after day and being hung up on a couple of times, they finaly called to tell me that they ordered the wrong one and that they threw away the old one without my permission. I wanted to keep the old one for the scion logo thats in the middle.
Now I have to wait another 2 weeks for the (hopefuly) right one to come in. This seems to be going from bad to worse.