America's tire - not the place I would take my Lambo

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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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America's tire - not the place I would take my Lambo

Maybe he wasn't getting tires?
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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America's tire on Stevens Creek is actually pretty awesome, can't say the same about any other chain tire place though :/
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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You should have gotten up close to see if they used exterior lead weights to balance the wheels

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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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yea saw that parked there this afternoon also.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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ive actually seen that car there before
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 05:18 PM
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When I worked at the Dublin shop, a Porsche came in, and my manager told me it was only 1 of 10 in the U.S. I was scared as hell to work on it... hahaha. Some friggen massive tires on that one.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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That's Club Sportiva's Murci, they take most of their fleet cars there to get tires replaced. I know because I used to work at Club Sportiva and brought the cars to that America's Tire. The military-asian manager is nice and always hooked it up with great prices since we took the cars there all the time and his guys do a a stand up job.

BTW There's also an employee with a "hellaflush" WRB wagon over there although I'm not sure if he's on iclub.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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whats wrong with bringing a lambo to that place? I know 3 personal friends that work there and that asian manager gives pretty good prices.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by xhengmanx
whats wrong with bringing a lambo to that place? I know 3 personal friends that work there and that asian manager gives pretty good prices.
I 2nd that! I have a very good friend that is an Assistant Manager at this shop. I have had my car and many before this one at every Americas Tire from Salinas to San Jose, I would never take it anywhere else!!!!!!!!!
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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they have enough trouble just doing my subie. i wouldn't take nice car there. lol
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i wonder if you can bring a Porsche Carrera GT there.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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i wonder if you can bring a Porsche Carrera GT there.
Let me drive it there and find out?
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 05:55 AM
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I remember working at Les Schwab in fairfield and we had a few exotic, antique and classic cars come in... always interesting to work on, but enjoyed working on them. I did enjoy the test drives and taking cars back to the dealership too.
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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America's tire in Walnut Creek always has exotic cars there. I had/have numerous friends who work there and they were always telling me about the nice cars that roll through...
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by xhengmanx
whats wrong with bringing a lambo to that place? I know 3 personal friends that work there and that asian manager gives pretty good prices.
They scratched my brand new rims when my car was there a few years ago and then denied it. Yes, it was at that store too.

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That's Club Sportiva's Murci, they take most of their fleet cars there to get tires replaced. I know because I used to work at Club Sportiva and brought the cars to that America's Tire. The military-asian manager is nice and always hooked it up with great prices since we took the cars there all the time and his guys do a a stand up job.

BTW There's also an employee with a "hellaflush" WRB wagon over there although I'm not sure if he's on iclub.
I see that WRB wagon around all the time. I figured the Lambo was from something like that because there was an F430 there also.

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