Oil Change in Washington, PA

“For years, I have always looked for reviews on tires at Tire Rack, and then bought them locally at West. Get my cars inspected there, tires rotated, oil changes, etc. and never, ever had a problem in +30 years. This past year I went to get my snow tires there. The tires I wanted cost around $200 each and had great reviews. The girl told me that I could not go down speed a speed rating and had to get snow tires that were V (149 mph), W (168 mph), or Y (186 mph) rated. I had never heard of this before when buying snow tires, but figured they were the experts.

Well, there aren't many Snow Tires rated for +149 mph and the ones that they recommended were $450 each. I found a set that was $335 each but had almost no reviews that they ended up putting on my car (Tesla Model 3). Found out this summer that in PA you are allowed to use snow tires with a Q (99 mph) or H (130 mph, most common) rating on cars, even if the car is capable of a higher speed. In fact, the tires with Q or H ratings perform much better in the snow because they are softer. So now I have a set of Snow Tires cost me an extra +$540, that I can drive 149 mph on in the winter, but that don't perform that great in snow.

Update: The owner reached out to me and explained that they do this because of the litigious nature of today’s society. They don’t want to risk being sued for putting on a lower speed rated tire, even if it is a snow tire. I can respect that, but for snow tires I’ll stay within legal limits without going overboard on the costs. I'll keep using West....my wife is going there next week for inspection/emissions.”

“They were very fast and friendly and went above and beyond what was expected. After my air hose had been knocked loose by a recent trip to the shop, they noticed the issue and reattached it when they did their customary checks.”

“They just saved me about $80 By cleaning out a little bit of fix a flat from my tire and patching up a nail that I ran over. Costco told me they couldn’t do anything. Meanwhile, this Walmart auto center had no problem cleaning it out, patching it up, and getting me back on the road less than an hour.”