Getting a new tire.

[Dashinka 24,709]

So here is a survey.  How long does it take for a car dealership to mount a new tire on my car?  Had a pothole incident last Friday and lost the left front.  Had the spare, if that is what you call it now, on in about five minutes on the side of the road.  Since this is a company car, I am required to go to a dealership for any repairs, so I went there Friday, no tire, but they could order it and it would be ready Monday.  Called me at 2:15pm, new tire is mounted on the wheel, just bring up the car and we can put it on.  45 minutes and counting.

 

I should put a shout out to the Oakland County deputy that pulled behind me with his lights on to help block traffic.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Bill & Katya

[Steeleballz 7,550]

8 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

So here is a survey.  How long does it take for a car dealership to mount a new tire on my car?  Had a pothole incident last Friday and lost the left front.  Had the spare, if that is what you call it now, on in about five minutes on the side of the road.  Since this is a company car, I am required to go to a dealership for any repairs, so I went there Friday, no tire, but they could order it and it would be ready Monday.  Called me at 2:15pm, new tire is mounted on the wheel, just bring up the car and we can put it on.  45 minutes and counting.

 

I should put a shout out to the Oakland County deputy that pulled behind me with his lights on to help block traffic.

 

    Fifteen minutes for the tire. One to two hours to think about it. More if lunch break falls in that time frame. Hopefully you are at the 15 minute window now. 

[Dashinka 24,709]

One hour twelve minutes.

[yuna628 9,697]

If one guy doing it? Should be about an hour or so. If multiple guys, might be 20 minutes. Its not like it's a piece of Ikea furnishing...  If it's my local shop we keep taking our hunk of junk to... it could be all day. Seriously though, my dad just got 4 brand new tires put on. I don't recall him being gone for any longer an hour. Now not that I know much about cars, but hubby did need new rotors recently (1st in a series of multiple parts dying on the car).. that took them pretty much all day at that local shop... as the hunk of junk is so rusted they had serious problems dealing with the tire.

[jg121783 3,921]

Depends if they charge by the hour. It's a dealership so they probably do.

[Ban Hammer 13,469]

15-20 min from start to finish.  demount, clean rim, mount new tire, balance.  max 20 min.

[Dashinka 24,709]

5 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

15-20 min from start to finish.  demount, clean rim, mount new tire, balance.  max 20 min.

The wheel was left with the dealership on Friday.  They didn’t even call me until after it was mounted and balanced.  The one hour twelve minutes was to simply replace the spare with the already mounted tire.

[yuna628 9,697]

8 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

The wheel was left with the dealership on Friday.  They didn’t even call me until after it was mounted and balanced.  The one hour twelve minutes was to simply replace the spare with the already mounted tire.

The dealership got to get their hours worth of pay somehow eh?

[jg121783 3,921]

I know you didn't have a choice but I would never have mechanical work done at a stealership. Around here independent mechanics get the job done quicker and more reliably. And for half the price. The Chrysler stealership here wanted $200 to scan my car to diagnose an awd issue. I found a mechanic to do it for $25.

[Dashinka 24,709]

11 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I know you didn't have a choice but I would never have mechanical work done at a stealership. Around here independent mechanics get the job done quicker and more reliably. And for half the price. The Chrysler stealership here wanted $200 to scan my car to diagnose an awd issue. I found a mechanic to do it for $25.

I know what you mean.  With my personal car, I would generally go to an independent.  One thing that I don’t mind at a dealership is oil changes.  They are usually pretty reasonable.

[jg121783 3,921]

10 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I know what you mean.  With my personal car, I would generally go to an independent.  One thing that I don’t mind at a dealership is oil changes.  They are usually pretty reasonable.

Normally I prefer to do my own oil changes (and whatever other work I have the tools to do) but I take my newer car in for oil changes so I have a record if I choose to sell the car later. I'll tell you one thing. It's not fun doing a brake job on a car when it's below zero outside with no garage. Basically you lossen a few bolts then go inside to warm up and repeat the process until the job is done.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

One hour twelve minutes.

Not bad . 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

33 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

I know you didn't have a choice but I would never have mechanical work done at a stealership. Around here independent mechanics get the job done quicker and more reliably. And for half the price. The Chrysler stealership here wanted $200 to scan my car to diagnose an awd issue. I found a mechanic to do it for $25.

I got a good buddy works at a car dealership. I dont disagree with you.  warranty work and recalls for sure 

[jg121783 3,921]

7 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I got a good buddy works at a car dealership. I dont disagree with you.  warranty work and recalls for sure 

If someone else pays for it I'll let the dealership do the work but that's the only way.

[Boiler 45,902]

Takes me about 10 minutes.