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Just a heads up to double check West Broward Porsche's (FL) "inspection"...

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Old 12-14-2016, 02:20 PM
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Default Just a heads up to double check West Broward Porsche's (FL) "inspection"...

Had my car in for service there and the service advisor was pushing me to buy new front tires over the phone. I declined as I knew they weren't due. I'm just looking over the inspection sheet and comparing to measurements I just took with my tread depth gauge (the tires are Mich PS2s). The rears were only replaced about 1000 miles ago, the manuf specs say new they're 8.5/32nds. My reading for the rears now is 8/32nds which makes sense, West Broward has on their sheet 5/32nds! My fronts are actually 5/32nds and West Broward put down 3/32nds. I don't know if it's an incompetent tech or a scam to get you to buy new tires prematurely. Either way, beware.
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Sounds like most dealers in this day and age. Find yourself an Indy.
Old 12-14-2016, 03:25 PM
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When mine was under CPO I used to take it to the dealern (not that one, they weren't in business yet) where they would give me an inspection sheet each time, and on several occasions the tires grew new tread and/or the brake pads got thicker from one time to the next If you need recommendations for an indie in the area feel free to PM me.
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Originally Posted by GTS Sully
Sounds like most dealers in this day and age. Find yourself an Indy.


Absolutely.
Old 12-15-2016, 09:57 AM
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Not defending the dealer, just pointing out pcars do not always wear tires evenly. Check the rear inside edges as this area wears the fastest, especially if the car has too much rear toe alignment. Or better yet take measurements across the entire width of the tire. And be sure to measure near but not on top of the wear bars built into the tire tread.



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