{"id":7260,"date":"2010-06-15T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/15\/bolt-fix\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T10:40:00","slug":"bolt-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/15\/bolt-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolt Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><p>While driving to the grocery store last evening, I heard a sudden, distinct drumming of one tire against asphalt&#8211;an instantly deflating <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 800px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/img\/belletire.jpg?w=644&#038;ssl=1\" \/>sound-report of a crisis likely needing repair. I pulled over, walked a circle around the Element, checked the tires, found nothing, drove a bit farther, heard it again: a pronounced <i>clack<\/i> synced with each tire&#8217;s full orbit.<\/p>\n<p>When I reached the Meijer parking lot, I walked the perimeter once more, and this time spotted the thumb-tip sized head of a bolt protruding from the face of the right-rear tire. Just after 7 p.m. on a Monday, so I guessed the odds of finding a repair shop open and accepting new jobs was very low. But this was a big bolt, and even though the tire appeared to be maintaining its full pressure, I wasn&#8217;t all too keen on driving more than necessary before arranging a repair. I don&#8217;t own a fancy Internet phone (might pick up an iPhone later this month&#8230;<i>maybe<\/i>), so I dialed D. and asked her to search out a tire shop proximate to Carpenter and Ellsworth. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belletire.com\/\">Belle Tire<\/a> was closest.&nbsp; I called, told a rep. named Mike about the desperate condition this poor tire was in, and he said, &#8220;Bring it over.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBelle Tire was open until 8 p.m.&nbsp; They assured me they could make the repair before closing. Better, Belle sits next to a Kroger, so I was able to pick up groceries <i>while<\/i> they replaced the bolt with some kind of plug or patch. I returned at 7:50 p.m., loaded a few foodthings into the back of the vehicle, which had just been lowered to the garage floor, and listened to the cashier say something astonishing: &#8220;No charge. This one&#8217;s on us.&nbsp; Enjoy your night.&#8221; Astonishing.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more. On the way back to the car, I noticed a lug nut missing from the front right wheel&#8211;a wheel not in any way involved in the repair work they&#8217;d done. I&#8217;d just had a brake service and rotation at another shop two weeks ago; possibly <i>they<\/i> neglected to torque one of the nuts. I stepped back inside and asked the cashier\/tech whether they had an extra. He told me to pull up to the garage door again where they put on a new lug nut <i>free of charge<\/i>. Uh-stonishing.<\/p>\n<p>Let this stand as a formal registration of my amazement. Recent <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/place?hl=&amp;rlz=1B5_____enUS345US345&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=belle+tire&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=belle+tire&amp;hnear=Ypsilanti,+MI&amp;cid=5346011904874383760&amp;ei=R4IXTNHOLoHaNebh2ZAL&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CDYQnQIwAw\">Google reviews<\/a> of this location have been overwhelmingly negative, but how can I be anything other than impressed? Even if the free service was a strategic attempt to attract me as a future customer, <i>it likely worked<\/i>. I often feel like car repair situations amount to rip-offs (most unsettling is the deplorable gaming of standard labor charges for jobs accomplished in fewer hours than itemized, e.g., a three-hour labor rate for a job that is ready in 45-minutes). Last night&#8217;s complimentary assist by Belle Tire, however, stood in refreshing contrast to this pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span>While driving to the grocery store last evening, I heard a sudden, distinct drumming of one tire against asphalt&#8211;an instantly deflating sound-report of a crisis likely needing repair. 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