# Beware: Goodyear/Gemini Auto repair on n.f. blvd.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021 "2009-07-24T10:04:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author: ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/21 "2009-07-24T16:45:18Z")

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> [@travisn](#):
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> And honestly, we never did anything that wasnt needed. It really depends on who is running the shop

QFT

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### Author: ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/22 "2009-07-24T16:45:30Z")

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My friend was a store manager at a Goodyear. He told me lots of stories that involved misleading and selling customer’s services they didn’t need after he quit.

The fact that corporate expected him to run the store like that was ultimately why he quit. He was tired of ripping people off because they didn’t know any better. He was in a position where these customer’s trusted his word and the whole time he was trying to make the most money that he could for the store.

One story he told me, a lady brought her car in during winter because a wheel was wobbling. One wheel was chocked full of ice. They put it in an empty bay for 3 hours and let it thaw out. Then billed her for $200. That’s some expensive heat!

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### Author: ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/23 "2009-07-24T16:48:09Z")

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What a waste of three hours. Lazy fucks could hose it out.

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### Author: ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/24 "2009-07-24T17:18:20Z")

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> [@Pauly](#):
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> QFT

idk what that means. lol

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### Author: ![nytalonTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nytalontsi/32/5399_2.png) [@nytalonTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nytalonTSi)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/25 "2009-07-24T17:19:33Z")

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Yeah they are crooks. They gave me a $100 estimate of doing a 2 wheel alignment on my bmw that had 18’s. I had to do it cause they were the only place not busy in NF that day, my steering was fucked from when i redid my whole susp and steering. I get there, then the guy tells me its gonna be its more. I didn’t want to stay and see what the more was gonna be. Fucking crooks.

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### Author: ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/26 "2009-07-24T17:20:54Z")

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When I was looking at new tires for the Grand Prix that location and the Dunn Tire on Sheridan both told me “we can’t legally sell you tires rated less than what comes on it from the factory”. The Firestone location in that Sheridan/BLVD/Eggert area was the most helpful…but prices were very high.

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### Author: ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/27 "2009-07-24T17:24:44Z")

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You are not suppose to mis match speed ratings. If you get 4 it does not matter.

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### Author: ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/28 "2009-07-24T17:31:15Z")

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> [@MazerMadness](#):
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> wow, good to know, it appears goodyear did a decent job patching the tire but they charged me $42.

wow. did they tell you that it would be that much before you got it done?

> [@nitroinsane](#):
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> What a waste of three hours. Lazy fucks could hose it out.

yeah, but then it wouldn’t look like they had been working on it.

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### Author: ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/29 "2009-07-24T17:35:38Z")

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A few years ago this shop failed one of my wife’s friends new nissan for not having a fuel inlet restrictor. She calls me in tears so i run over there, they failed it for not having the flap thing. (which most cars no longer have)

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### Author: ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/30 "2009-07-24T17:58:49Z")

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> [@Pauly](#):
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> A few years ago this shop failed one of my wife’s friends new nissan for not having a fuel inlet restrictor. She calls me in tears so i run over there, they failed it for not having the flap thing. (which most cars no longer have)

i’d fail the POS in your avatar…oh wait can’t scan anything.

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### Author: ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/31 "2009-07-24T17:58:52Z")

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> [@nitroinsane](#):
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> You are not suppose to mis match speed ratings. If you get 4 it does not matter.

yeah it was all four.

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### Author: ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/32 "2009-07-24T18:00:33Z")

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> [@psychopjv](#):
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> i’d fail the POS in your avatar…oh wait can’t scan anything.

Just lie and say he needs brakes and steering parts

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### Author: ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/33 "2009-07-24T18:15:04Z")

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damn i’ll have to pm ub…

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### Author: ![ImsloIkno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@ImsloIkno](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImsloIkno)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/34 "2009-07-25T06:49:40Z")

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ha funny to read this cause I work at goodyear on frnech and union ive been readin the business charts and they are one of the lowest. so it doesnt surprise me to see them over charge, over evaluate the customer…

funny story but we hired a dumbass at one point who thought when a tierod swivled back a forward that ment it was loose. we didnt keep him long…

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### Author: ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-goodyear-gemini-auto-repair-on-n-f-blvd/71021/35 "2009-07-25T08:29:48Z")

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My uncle took his piece of shit taurus in there one day to get one rear caliper replaced, with pad and rotor.

They wanted 1300 bucks to do it. This was in the middle of winter.

We sucked it up and did it for 90 bucks or something, I forget but it was stupid what they wanted.

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