Worst Mechanics at Hinton Canadian Tire!
where to start....... We are from northern Saskatchewan and had planned a trip for me and my husband and our three boys to visit my mother in Terrace, BC which is about a 20 hour drive for us. We prepared by getting new tires and oil change etc. We made it to Hinton, AB and realized that our brand new front tires had the wires hanging out. So we proceeded to find a place that could replace the front two tires and give us wheel alignment. Simple yes. SO they booked us in and we had to wait an hour for our appointment to start so we drove around looking for other tires places, no other place in HInton had our size tires, however we did talk to man at Kal-tire and told us for sure, that we needed a wheel alignment, thats why the wires were hanging out. ANyway, we went to our appointment and were told the wait would be an hour and an half. so we took our three boys for a walk. We went back after an hour and a half, expecting to have our car finished, however it looked as though they just put it on the lift. They then told us they could not do the wheel alignment because we needed to replace the tranny pan and the exhaust. My husband went out into the bay to look under the car, and the mechanic told him he couldn't do the alignment. That maybe the struts needed replacing, which we had done 2 weeks prior. The mechanic then got rude and walked away, so we just got new tires and continued driving to Terrace, which was about 900kms away. Once we got to Terrace, we went to a Kal-tire and got a wheel alignment! which was all we needed.
I could not believe this place tried to take advantage of us!! they plainly seen our plates we from Saskatchewan and we had no choice to get whatever needed to be fixed because we were between provinces!! We are a young family and thought they would understand, when we told them we needed it safe because we had our three boys with us... I will never go to a Canadian Tire Service Centre Again!! :rant:
Thumbs Up for Canadian Tire
I always have great service at Canadian Tire, and find good savings. In fact, quite a few of the cashiers are good customers at the Tim Hortons that I work at. Very friendly. ;)
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